Transforming Culture into a Digital Network: The Example of a Digital Atlas of Traditional Children's Games in Turkey

Year 2022, Issue: 30, 252 - 269, 31.05.2022

Zekeriya Fatih İneç

https://doi.org/10.54600/igdirsosbilder.1073068

Cited By: 1

Abstract

This study aimed to enable pre-school teacher candidates to identify traditional children's games in Turkey with their research skills. The study sought to create a national digital atlas of children's games that can transfer culture for social studies and Turkish education lessons in this framework. In this context, the web mapping application named Seyyah (İneç, 2012), developed according to the ADDIE instructional design model was modified following the Rapid Prototyping Instructional Design Model (tRPidm). Seyyah was transformed into a geo-media-based digital atlas of Turkey, where multimedia elements can be configured and shared. Following tRPidm, content analyses were conducted in the first stage, and a prototype design was created with the algorithm created on the findings obtained in the second stage. In the next step, the working condition of the prototype was tested. In the final stage of tRPidm, action research was conducted for the study. The study was carried out in the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year, and fifty-eight pre-school undergraduate students selected according to the maximum variation sampling participated in the study. The students transformed the data they obtained with their research skills into multimedia by constructing them with the creative drama method and uploaded the content to the Seyyah. The uploads made according to the cities were evaluated, and the data was subjected to descriptive and content analysis. Findings showed that traditional children's games mainly address social and emotional development. The games were mostly compiled from students' peers and the Eastern Anatolia Region, and the games were played with six people with natural objects, during the daytime and in open areas. Some implications were provided based on the study findings.

Keywords

Traditional children, culture transfer, preschool education, social studies education

Kültürü Sayısal Bir Ağa Dönüştürmek: Türkiye Geleneksel Çocuk Oyunları Dijital Atlası Örneği

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, okul öncesi eğitimi öğretmen adaylarının araştırma becerileriyle Türkiye’deki geleneksel çocuk oyunlarını tespit etmeleri ve bu çerçevede Okul Öncesi ve Sosyal Bilgiler dersleri için kültür aktarımı yapabilen ulusal çocuk oyunları dijital atlası oluşturmaları amaçlanmıştır. Bunun için ADDIE öğretim tasarımı modeline göre geliştirilen Seyyah (İneç, 2012) adlı web haritalama uygulaması Hızlı Prototipleme öğretim tasarımı modeli (HPÖTM) baz alınarak değiştirilmiş ve çoklu ortam ögelerinin yapılandırılabildiği ve paylaşılabildiği geo-medya tabanlı dijital bir Türkiye atlasına dönüştürülmüştür. HPÖTM’ye göre ilk aşamada çalışmanın ihtiyaç ile içerik analizleri yapılmış, ikinci aşamada elde edilen bulgular üzerinden oluşturulan algoritma ile prototip tasarım oluşturulmuştur. Sonraki aşamada prototipin çalışma durumu sınanmıştır. HPÖTM’nin son aşamasında ise çalışma için bir eylem araştırması yürütülmüştür. 2019-2020 akademik yılının bahar döneminde gerçekleştirilen araştırmanın çalışma grubunu maksimum çeşitlilik örneklemesi ile belirlenen elli sekiz okul öncesi eğitimi lisans öğrencisi oluşturmuştur. Öğrenciler araştırma becerisiyle elde ettikleri verileri, yaratıcı drama yöntemiyle kurgulayarak çoklu ortama dönüştürmüş ve bunları Seyyah’a yüklemiştir. Şehirlere göre gerçekleştirilen yüklemeler çalışmanın verisi olarak değerlendirilerek betimsel ve içerik analizi ile incelenmiştir. Bulgular, geleneksel çocuk oyunlarının çoğunlukla; sosyal ve duygusal gelişim alanına hitap ettiğini, arkadaş çevresinden ve Doğu Anadolu Bölgesinden derlendiğini, altı kişi ile doğal nesnelerle, gündüz ve açık alanlarda oynandığını göstermektedir. Bu sonuçlar doğrultusunda bazı önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

Keywords

Geleneksel çocuk oyunları, kültür aktarımı, okul öncesi, sosyal bilgiler eğitimi

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