FRIENDSHIP FEATURES DURING PRESCHOOL PERIOD: TEACHER OPINIONS

Year 2024, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 61 - 73, 19.12.2024

Hülya Gülay Ogelman , Nazife Koyutürk Koçer

https://doi.org/10.47214/adeder.1549950

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to examine preschool teacher opinions concerning the friendships of children. The Friendship Features Teacher Opinion Form was used in the research. With respect to the findings, teacher opinions pointed out that the term close friendship is evident in social relationships of young children. In addition, in their close friendship relations young children attach importance to factors such as sitting side-by-side, playing together, being a group/partners in an activity. Girls focus on being the same gender, having social skills and being interested in the same games; boys focus on being the same gender, being interested in the same games and having leadership features. According to teacher opinions, young children don’t prefer developing friendship relations with peers who in general lack social skills, aren’t the same gender and who don’t have an adaptive nature.

Keywords

Friendships features, close friendship, young children, preschool period, preschool teachers

OKUL ÖNCESİ DÖNEMDE ARKADAŞLIK GÖRÜNÜMÜ: ÖĞRETMEN GÖRÜŞLERİ

Abstract

Araştırmanın amacı, okul öncesi öğretmenlerinin çocukların arkadaşlıklarına yönelik görüşlerinin incelenmesidir. Araştırmada, Arkadaşlık Görünümü Öğretmen Görüş Formu kullanılmıştır. Bulgular doğrultusunda, öğretmen görüşlerine dayalı olarak küçük çocukların sosyal ilişkilerinde yakın arkadaş kavramının yer alabildiği belirlenmiştir. Bununla birlikte okul öncesi dönem çocukları yakın arkadaşlıklarında çeşitli durumlarda yan yana oturma, birlikte oyun oynama, etkinlikte grup olmak/eşleşme gibi durumlara önem vermektedirler. Kız çocukları, arkadaş tercihlerinde aynı cinsiyetten olma, sosyal becerilere sahip olma ve aynı oyunlara ilgi duyma; erkekler ise aynı cinsiyetten olma, aynı oyunlara ilgi duyma ve liderlik unsurlarını göz önünde bulundurmaktadırlar. Öğretmen görüşlerine göre küçük çocuklar, sosyal becerileri sıklıkla göstermeyen, aynı cinsiyetten olmayan, uyumlu bir mizaca sahip olmayan akranları ile arkadaşlık ilişkileri geliştirmeyi tercih etmemektedirler.

Keywords

Arkadaşlık görünümü, yakın arkadaşlık, küçük çocuklar, okul öncesi dönem, okul öncesi öğretmenleri.

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