Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of drama activities on the social skills of five-year-old children. In this research, experimental design with pre-test/post-test control group was used. The sample group of the study consisted of 32 kindergarten five-year-old children in Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey in 2017-2018 academic year. After a random selection, 16 children (8 girls and 8 boys), were selected as the experimental group while the other 16 children (8 girls and 8 boys) were selected as the control group. In the study, General Information Form and Preschool Social Skills Assessment Scale - PSSAS were used as data collection tools. A total of 24 drama activities were administered to the children in the experimental group three times a week for eight weeks. After the completion of the drama activities, the experimental and control groups were administered the same scale as posttest and four weeks later as a retention test for the experimental group. As a result of the study, a statistically significant difference was found between the pre-test / post-test total scores of social skills of the experimental and the control group in favor of the experimental group (p <0.05). Key words: Early childhood education, drama, drama activities, social skills.
Highlights
Social skills are defined as skills that enable individuals to perform their social tasks competently (Cook et al, 2008)
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of drama activities on the social skills of five-year-old children
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of drama activities on social skills
Summary
Social skills are defined as skills that enable individuals to perform their social tasks competently (Cook et al, 2008). According to Önalan-Akfırat (2006), social skills are defined as the ability of the individual to act in accordance with the social environment in which he/ she is located. According to parents and teachers of preschool children, the most important function of preschool institutions is the development and socialization of social skills of children (Gamble et al, 2009; Şahin et al, 2013; Vandenbroeck et al, 2008). It can be said that preschool education is an important tool in the socialization of the child when we consider the definition of preschool education as a process of gaining experience of the children in real life consciousness and structured in a suitable environment (Kuru-Turaşlı, 2014)
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