Okul Öncesi Dönemde Dikkat Becerilerinin Desteklenmesinde Alternatif Bir Yaklaşım: Çocuk Yogası

Year 2026, Volume: 12 Issue: 1 , 32 - 56 , 30.03.2026

Nihan Yüksel Mısır , Ayşe Belgin Aksoy

https://izlik.org/JA39JJ88PM

Abstract

Bu araştırma çocuk yogası eğitiminin dikkat becerileri üzerindeki etkisini araştırmayı hedeflemektedir. Yapılan bu araştırma yaşları 60-72 ay arasında değişen 20 deney, 18 kontrol grubu olmak üzere 38 çocuğun katılımıyla gerçekleşmiştir. Deney ve kontrol gruplarına ön test olarak Çocuk Tanıma Formu ve Frankfurter 5 Yaş için Konsantrasyon Testi uygulanmıştır. Araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan yoga eğitim programı 8 hafta süresince deney grubuna uygulandıktan sonra her iki grup da son test olarak FKF-T testine tabi tutulmuştur. Aynı zamanda yoga uygulamaları esnasında araştırmacı günlüğü tekniği kullanılarak gözlemler kaydedilmiştir. Veriler analiz edilirken ön test puanlarının normal dağılımdan sapma gösterdiği belirlenmiş ve parametrik olmayan test yöntemleri tercih edilmiştir. Son testlerde ise puanların normal dağılımdan aşırı sapma göstermediği görülmüş ve hem parametrik hem de parametrik olmayan test yöntemleri tercih edilmiştir. Çocuk yogası eğitimi ile test puanları arasındaki farkın anlamlı olup olmadığını değerlendirmek için Karışık Ölçümler İki Yönlü ANOVA testi kullanılmıştır. Yapılan analizler sonucunda ön test puanları arasında anlamlı bir fark olmadığı, deney grubunun ön test ve son test puan ortalamaları arasında anlamlı bir farklılık olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Deney ve kontrol gruplarının ön test ve son test puanları arasındaki farklılığa bakıldığında deney grubunun lehine bir farklılık olduğu belirlenmiştir. Yapılan bu araştırma çocuk yogasının alternatif bir yöntem olarak dikkat becerileri üzerinde etkili bir müdahale yöntemi olabileceğini işaret etmektedir.

Keywords

çocuk yogası , dikkat becerileri , müdahale programı , okul öncesi eğitimi

An Alternative Approach to Supporting Attention Skills in Preschool: Children’s Yoga

https://izlik.org/JA39JJ88PM

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effect of children’s yoga education on attention skills. The research was conducted with 38 children aged between 60 and 72 months, including 20 in the experimental group and 18 in the control group. The “Child Information Form” and the “Frankfurter Test for Five-Year-Old Children” were administered to both groups as a pretest. After the eight-week yoga program developed by the researchers was applied to the experimental group, the FKF-T was administered again as a posttest to both groups. In addition, observations were recorded during the yoga sessions using the researcher’s diary technique. During data analysis, the pretest scores were found to deviate from a normal distribution, and non-parametric test methods were preferred. In the posttest, as the scores did not show extreme deviation from normality, both parametric and non-parametric test methods were used. To determine whether the difference between test scores was statistically significant, a Mixed Measures Two-Way ANOVA was conducted. The results revealed no significant difference between the pretest scores of the groups. However, there was a statistically significant difference between the pretest and posttest scores of the experimental group. The comparison between the pretest and posttest scores of the experimental and control groups also indicated a difference in favor of the experimental group. The findings suggest that children's yoga may be an effective alternative intervention method for supporting attention skills.

Keywords

childrensyoga , attentionskills , interventionprogramme , preschooleducation

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