ÇOCUK HAKLARI ÖĞRETİMİNDE OYUN YÖNTEMİNİN BAŞARIYA, KALICILIĞA VE TUTUMA ETKİSİ

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine effect of children’s rights education supported by games on academic success of students, permanence of the knowledge learned and their attitudes related to children’s rights. The study was conducted with the participation of a total of 56 students. 27 of these students were within the experimental group while 29 of them were within the control group. Pre-test final-test control group pilot model was used in the research. The researcher prepared a success test as a data collection tool in order to measure academic knowledge of students. “Children’s Right Attitude Scale” developed by Kepenekci (2006) was used to determine attitudes of students towards children’s rights before and after the application. A diary was written after each play played by students within the experimental group in order to obtain qualitative data for the research. Quantitative data obtained were analyzed by t-test according to dependent and independent groups by using SPSS program. Qualitative data were analyzed by content analysis. Statistical results obtained as a result of the research determined that there was not a meaningful difference between the academic success of experimental group students and control group students before pre-test application and their attitudes towards children’s rights. After the final-test application, it was seen that there was a meaningful difference in favour of experimental group between the academic success and attitudes towards children’s rights of the test group and the control group. However, in permanence test performed 30 days after the final-test application, no meaningful difference was observed between final test and permanence test of both groups. When diaries constituting the qualitative part of the research were examined, it was seen that the student had better times, became happy and excited while they were playing. It was also revealed that the students loved the course and the teacher of the course more than they used to do owing to the play.