Children receive an multicultural education at an early age has become quite important in the upbringing of the citizens of the future and in the establishment of a democratic culture. Therefore in this study, it has been intended to put forth how children learncultures in the educational environmentconfigured with different cultures with a size of multicultural education practices at pre-school class in the context of social studies education. In this study, it was used integrated single case design which is one of the case study design contained within the qualitative research approach. Working group of the research consisted of 60-70 months 13 children (8 girls and 5 boys) who were undergoing training in the spring semester of the 2013-2014 academic year at a kindergarten. "Let's Where Presentation", “Let’s Visit and See Drama Activity” and "Sculpture Up"activities were used by data collection tool. Obtained data were interpreted by using the content analysis method.According to the research results was found that their experiences,information and communication technology and their close environment were effective in the children learning an element of their culture and different cultures. It was seen that children in the classroom were found to have the opportunityapplying different cultural roles withcolorful presentation, games and dramaand understanding the lives of individuals from different cultures. In a multicultural learning environment where will be created, it has been seen that it is possible to gain the positive attitudes, the skills and behavior towards multiculturalism in children.
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Publication Date | April 30, 2015 |
Submission Date | February 3, 2015 |
Acceptance Date | March 26, 2015 |
Published in Issue | Year 2015 Volume: 2015 Issue: 4 |