The Strategies of Integrating Philosophy for Children Hawaii into Chinese Language Speculative Reading Teaching for Upper Primary Grades—Take “Tian Ji’s Horse Racing” as an Example

Ruiyi Zhao

doi:10.54254/2753-7048/2026.HZ30080

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The Strategies of Integrating Philosophy for Children Hawaii into Chinese Language Speculative Reading Teaching for Upper Primary Grades—Take “Tian Ji’s Horse Racing” as an Example

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The Strategies of Integrating Philosophy for Children Hawaii into Chinese Language Speculative Reading Teaching for Upper Primary Grades—Take “Tian Ji’s Horse Racing” as an Example

Ruiyi Zhao ^1*

¹ Guangdong Baiyun University

^*Corresponding author: r238138257@gmail.com

Published on 26 November 2025

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Abstract

Thinking ability is a core literacy that Chinese students should possess. Upper primary grade is a crucial period for the development of abstract thinking. Enhancing the speculative reading teaching for upper primary grades is one of the important tasks of Chinese reading teaching. To further advance speculative reading teaching within the Chinese educational context, the study explores the strategy of integrating Philosophy for Children Hawaii into speculative reading teaching. It firstly illustrates the feasibility of the integration of both from three perspectives, which are the resource provision, alignment with learning objectives, and improvement of the learning process. Based on the theory of p4cHI and the Compulsory Education Chinese Curriculum Standards (2022 Edition), the study takes Tian Ji’s Horse Racing, a text from the fifth-grade volume 2 textbook published by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, as a case to propose three strategies. These strategies are based on basic procedures of practicing p4cHI, including facilitating the local adjustment of the basic procedures of practicing p4cHI, providing diverse learning tools and materials, and strengthening evaluation within the process. Therefore, this study provides useful references for the practice of speculative reading Teaching and facilitates the exploration of the educational practice of Philosophy for Children Hawaii in the context of China.

Keywords:

Philosophy for Children Hawaii, Chinese language speculative reading teaching, upper primary grades, Tian Ji’s Horse Racing

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References

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[3]. Sun, L. (2024) Research on the current situation and countermeasures of speculative reading teaching in primary school Chinese language. Master’s thesis, Gannan Normal University.

[4]. Zeng, Y. (2024) Action research on integrating P4C HI into life education for senior kindergarten. Master’s thesis, Hangzhou Normal University.

[6]. Sun, H. (2024) Research on the teaching design of Chinese critical reading in primary school. (Master’s thesis, Yangzhou University).

[7]. Leng, L. (2018) The practice and application of the Philosophy for Children Hawaii. Journal of Shaanxi Xueqian Normal University, 34(10), 29–33.

[9]. Wang, Y. (2024) A study on the current situation of Chinese language speculative reading teaching in primary schools. Master’s thesis, Mudanjiang Normal University.

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Zhao,R. (2025). The Strategies of Integrating Philosophy for Children Hawaii into Chinese Language Speculative Reading Teaching for Upper Primary Grades—Take “Tian Ji’s Horse Racing” as an Example. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,116,33-39.

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