Association "Petit philosophy"

Association Petit philosophy promotes benefits of non formal education & teaching for critical thinking. We work with children from 3 years old to senior citizens. Also we educate future teachers in the philosophy for children, critical thinking... We are promoting among children and youth, the primordial values to make them aware of the importance of tolerance, human rights and other democratic gains. We have the original programs tailored to appropriate age with whom we workOur Mission and Objectives:
- work with children and youth;
- promote critical thinking in institutional or non institutional education;
- non formal education
- Work with all group ages (from 3 to 99)
- Finding a way to use technology in education promote philosophy for/with children in - institutional or non institutional education;
- promote philosophy in practice
- promote free thinking
- Train children and young people for critical thinking, so that they themselves can resist all forms of modern manipulation (media, politics, economy…)...
Projects:
»ETHOS: Ethical education primary and
pre-primary schools for a sustainable and dialogic future«
Project Number: 527134- LLP 2012-SI-COMENIUS-CMP (Project funded by the European Comission, Comenius Programme). http://www.ethos-education.eu/

»ETHIKA - Ethics and values education in schools and kindergartens«
- Erasmus Plus, K2
- http://www.ethics-education.eu/project/index.htm

»Take a look in your own thinking«
From 2008.
25 schools, 4 libraries and one Association.
More than 1000 children in Croatia participated in this programs. .
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mostar)
EHWA Woman University in Seoul
Program of this project is held one or two hours per week, which amounts to 35 or 70 hours per year for each group

»Who afraid of corruption yet?«
- With Critical Thinking to Awareness of Harmfulness of Corruption among Children 8-12 years, School year 2010./2011.
- 70 workshops
- total of 201 children in workshops
- 14 schools and two libraries.

»Who afraid of corruption yet? 2.0.«
- Project started on 19.01.2015.
- National level project, financed by Ministry of science and education.
- Programs for kids from 6 to 8 and from 8 to 10 years old.

»Art of democracy«
Project objectives:
- Help students to reflect on the democratic process.
- Teach students to critically reflect on the events around them.
- Raise awareness in students about the necessity of tolerance and respect of human rights.
- Encourage students to creatively express themselves.
- Show students how freedom in art is closely linked to democracy.
- Students get aware of their role in the democratic process.
- Show how diversity is something that can bring us together, not separate
- Piloting the project: 5 workshops, total of 31 students in 2012. in high school in Zadar.

»Art of democracy 2.0«
- New improved project concerning the he evaluation of the Pilot project, start 01/12/2013 in three high schools in Croatia (Dalj, Sinj, Obrovac) under the patronage of Ministry of Science, education, Republic of Croatia. (19,750 $)

- Philosophy for senior citizens
- Start in 2013 in Osječko baranjska County.
- The aim of the workshop Philosophy for senior citizens is to show the benefit of philosophy in practice for application of its methods in everyday life. In addition, the workshop showed how to deal with the philosophy of the practice is not necessary academic skills or knowledge, it is equally and easily accessible discipline that can be practiced daily with a certain amount of mental effort.

»Sea and Coastal Area –
Places to Places to Places to Places to Reflect on Your Relation to Nature«
- Pilot project 2012 - Gymnasium Vladimir Nazor Zadar
-Priority Actions Programme/Regional Activity Centre (PAP/RAC), Coastal day
- Elementary school “Petar Zoranić” Nin (2013)

»Playing and thinking«
- Pilot project started at 09.09.2014.
- 5-7 years old
- Thinking games, creative workshops & critical thinking games

and many more: »Scientific Incubator: Training in Scientific Research (2013, today), »Common Values-The Signs with Human Dimension« (2012-2013) …

Awards
• 2011- Croatian Youth Network, in cooperation with the Ministry of Family, Veterans and Intergenerational Solidarity, has awarded our hard-working volunteers for contribution to positive social change with Plug in Award.
• 2010. Second award for Creative and Innovative Education Program for »A View to One’s own Thinking« .
Other…
• Scientific papers about our programs and projects (Croatia, Macedonia, France, USA. Brazil, Bosnia and Herzegovina …)
• Conferences (France, Italy, South Korea, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Netherlands, Austria, Croatia...)