ABSTRACT. The aim of this work is to develop interrogation notion for children by using the Socrates" method in order to become adults who think systematically, who express their ideas openly and who try to understand themselves and the whole universe they live in. The research was started in a social chess club at June 2007 and lasted about 2 months in time. The sample of this work is composed of 6 students from the chess club. This work is based on a qualitative research approach and consist of 2 major phases. Based on the results of first phase it was determined that children had no foreknowledge of philosophical thinking.Hence the notion of philosophical approach was first given by utilizing the Socrates" method. At the second phase philosophical activity was conducted by using "The Little Prince" book written by Antoine de Sain-Exupery. At the end of the last stage it was observed that children has gained the ability of fast comprehension and the reasoning was systematized. 340 SUMMARYA condition which is unsuitable with its ambience or which is unsuitable to our expectations makes us surprised. But the more we grow up the less our amazement becomes day by day. We even get surprised only when we saw a flying man or a pelican on the road. It becomes quite difficult to maintain philosophy in us in these conditions. Because philosopher is the man who keep on searching the universe getting surprised. As Gareth B. Mathews points out, our first function related with mind is asking questions It exists in us, child does not learn this from others. This activity which is combined by the amazement of child leads to questions difficult to answer, naturally for elders. We think we have a great deal of intelligence by getting older but children understand really confused categories when we cannot. It is too easy to tell the justice, like number of people for every cooky whereas we make many descriptions about justice for hours. Because, true information is above of our understanding skill, so it causes the existence of definite templates.It is meaningless for us to lose this essence that we have in our childhood which means searching the universe surprisingly; child does not learn asking question but we teach asking no question to them. So philosophy must be taught to children during primary school. We do not care their imaginations while we try to explain others"imaginations. We want them to explain the universe like us, we do not want them to understand the universe. We want them to limit their extraordinary senses during searching the universe and we want them to fell the things which is paralel to the true information. Whereas, when we combine our true information with our child intelligence, result is going to be people who have information and use it.
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