The Effects of Tourist Family Vacations, Which Offer Different Worlds Through the Eyes of Children, on the Visual-Motor Perception-Focused Cognitive Development of the Child

Abstract

Family vacations are valuable because they allow parents to see the world through their children's not-yet-tired eyes. Furthermore, they provide children with intense experiences in a short period of time. The positive social, physical, and spiritual effects of vacations for children are now widely accepted. This study hypothesizes that the brain engages in activities that require mind-body coordination and works to adapt to and focus on new conditions outside of the routine during vacations, and this supports the cognitive development of children. The Bender-Gestalt Visual Motor Perception Test was applied as a pretest and posttest to measure the independent variable with the study’s participants including 113 randomly selected children 5 or 6 years of age. The results indicated a statistically significant increase in children's visual-motor skills in terms of the independent variable. However, this increase was not found to be statistically significant. It has been suggested that the study should be detailed with controlled samples, examining repeated measures that ensure internal validity with different sample groups and a strong independent variable.

Keywords

• Child development
• visual-motor
• family vacations

Çocuk Gözüyle Farklı Dünyalar Sunan Turistik Aile Tatillerinin Çocuğun Görsel Motor Algı Odaklı Bilişsel Gelişimine Etkileri

Abstract

Aile tatilleri, ebeveynlerin dünyayı çocuklarının henüz yorulmamış gözlerinden görmelerine olanak tanıdığı için değerlidir. Ayrıca, çocuklara kısa bir süre içinde yoğun deneyimler sunar. Tatillerin çocuklar üzerinde sosyal, fiziksel ve ruhsal açıdan olumlu etkileri artık geniş çapta kabul görmektedir. Bu çalışma, tatiller sırasında beynin zihin-beden koordinasyonu gerektiren faaliyetlere katıldığını, rutin dışındaki yeni koşullara uyum sağlamaya ve odaklanmaya çalıştığını ve bunun çocukların bilişsel gelişimini desteklediğini varsaymaktadır. Çalışmada, bağımsız değişkeni ölçmek için Bender-Gestalt Görsel Motor Algı Testi ön test ve son test olarak uygulanmıştır. Çalışma, rastgele seçilen 5 veya 6 yaşında 113 çocuktan oluşan bir örneklem üzerinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Sonuçlar, tatillerin ardından çocukların görsel-motor becerilerinde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir artış olduğunu göstermiştir. Ancak, bu artış istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulunmamıştır. Çalışmanın, farklı örneklem gruplarıyla tekrarlanan ölçümleri inceleyen ve iç geçerliliği sağlayan kontrollü örneklerle daha ayrıntılı bir şekilde ele alınması önerilmektedir.

Keywords

• Çocuk gelişimi
• görsel-motor
• aile tatilleri

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