THE INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM-DRAMATIC ACTIVITIES (SEP-DA) ON THE SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS OF 60-72 MONTH OLD CHILDREN

Year 2025, Volume: 14 Issue: 1, 251 - 264, 29.01.2025

Gamze İncesu , Mehmet Güney , Aygen Çakmak

Abstract

This research was conducted in a quasi-experimental design to study the effect of the science education given to 60-72-month-old children through dramatic activities on their science process skills. The study group consisted of two groups of 60-72-month-old children who attend kindergartens and have similar social, cultural and economic characteristics. In order to evaluate the scientific process skills of the children, pre-test, post-test and retention test scores were calculated using the Scientific Process Skills Test developed by Şahin et al. (2018). For the experimental practice, SEP-DA (Science Education Program-Dramatic Activities), which was planned as 7 weeks and 14 activities, was used. In the education program, science process skills were presented to children with drama techniques. At the end of the experimental process, the difference between the scores of scientific process skills of the children in the experimental group and the control group was significant. Science education program-dramatic activities had a strong effect on the science process skills of the children in the experimental group. The retention test also revealed that, it is a long-lasting effect.

Keywords

Creativity, drama, science process skills, science education

Ethical Statement

All procedures used in this study involving participants are in accordance with the ethical standards of the authors’ institution and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments.

Supporting Institution

This work was supported within the scope of TUBITAK 2209 Project

Project Number

1919B012107923

DRAMATİK ETKİNLİKLER ARACILIĞI İLE VERİLEN FEN EĞİTİMİNİN (SEP-DA) 60-72 AY ÇOCUKLARININ BİLİMSEL SÜREÇ BECERİLERİNE ETKİSİNİN İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

Bu araştırma, 60-72 aylık çocuklara dramatik etkinlikler yoluyla verilen fen eğitiminin bilimsel süreç becerilerine etkisini incelemek amacıyla yarı deneysel desende gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışma grubu, anaokullarına devam eden ve benzer sosyal, kültürel ve ekonomik özelliklere sahip 60-72 aylık iki grup çocuktan oluşmaktadır. Çocukların bilimsel süreç becerilerini değerlendirmek amacıyla Şahin ve diğerleri (2018) tarafından geliştirilen Bilimsel Süreç Becerileri Testi kullanılarak ön test, son test ve kalıcılık testi puanları hesaplanmıştır. Deneysel uygulama için 7 hafta ve 14 etkinlik olarak planlanan SEP-DA (Fen Eğitim Programı-Dramatik Etkinlikler) kullanılmıştır. Eğitim programında bilimsel süreç becerileri çocuklara drama teknikleri ile sunulmuştur. Deneysel süreç sonunda deney ve kontrol grubundaki çocukların bilimsel süreç becerileri puanları arasındaki fark anlamlı bulunmuştur. Dramatik etkinlikler aracılığı ile verilen fen eğitim programı deney grubundaki çocukların bilimsel süreç becerileri üzerinde güçlü bir etkiye sahiptir. Kalıcılık testi de bu etkinin uzun süreli olduğunu ortaya koymuştur

Keywords

Yaratıcılık, drama, bilimsel süreç becerileri, fen eğitimi

Project Number

1919B012107923

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