Research Article

Training Program for Gaining Cultural Elements with Drama and Art Activities: My Culture, My Identity

Volume: 52 Number: 52 June 26, 2020
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Training Program for Gaining Cultural Elements with Drama and Art Activities: My Culture, My Identity

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to enable children born and raised in Germany with different cultural backgrounds to compare, internalize, and adopt the cultural characteristics of both themselves and their friends through a training program developed and enriched with drama and art activities. Hence, the developed training program is expected to support children’s healthy identity development and self-expression skills. The study has been carried out using the qualitative research design of applied action research. The study group consists of eight children between the ages of five and six years old: five of Turkish, one of German, one of Moroccan, and one of Danish origin, all of whom are receiving education in Berlin at a preschool for children of all backgrounds. An eight-session training program has been implemented with these children. Before implementing the training, a pre-study was carried out with the classroom teachers and families with additional parental meetings being held at the end of each session to support the work with families. At the end of the study, the implemented training program was found to have improved the children’s awareness of their cultural characteristics, increased their expression skills, and encouraged them to cooperate and work in harmony with groups.

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Supporting Institution

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)

Project Number

50015559

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 26, 2020

Submission Date

September 12, 2019

Acceptance Date

May 30, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 52 Number: 52

APA
Yukay Yüksel, M. (2020). Training Program for Gaining Cultural Elements with Drama and Art Activities: My Culture, My Identity. Marmara Üniversitesi Atatürk Eğitim Fakültesi Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, 52(52), 505-528. https://doi.org/10.15285/maruaebd.619600
AMA
1.Yukay Yüksel M. Training Program for Gaining Cultural Elements with Drama and Art Activities: My Culture, My Identity. Marmara Education Journal. 2020;52(52):505-528. doi:10.15285/maruaebd.619600
Chicago
Yukay Yüksel, Müge. 2020. “Training Program for Gaining Cultural Elements With Drama and Art Activities: My Culture, My Identity”. Marmara Üniversitesi Atatürk Eğitim Fakültesi Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 52 (52): 505-28. https://doi.org/10.15285/maruaebd.619600.
EndNote
Yukay Yüksel M (June 1, 2020) Training Program for Gaining Cultural Elements with Drama and Art Activities: My Culture, My Identity. Marmara Üniversitesi Atatürk Eğitim Fakültesi Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 52 52 505–528.
IEEE
[1]M. Yukay Yüksel, “Training Program for Gaining Cultural Elements with Drama and Art Activities: My Culture, My Identity”, Marmara Education Journal, vol. 52, no. 52, pp. 505–528, June 2020, doi: 10.15285/maruaebd.619600.
ISNAD
Yukay Yüksel, Müge. “Training Program for Gaining Cultural Elements With Drama and Art Activities: My Culture, My Identity”. Marmara Üniversitesi Atatürk Eğitim Fakültesi Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 52/52 (June 1, 2020): 505-528. https://doi.org/10.15285/maruaebd.619600.
JAMA
1.Yukay Yüksel M. Training Program for Gaining Cultural Elements with Drama and Art Activities: My Culture, My Identity. Marmara Education Journal. 2020;52:505–528.
MLA
Yukay Yüksel, Müge. “Training Program for Gaining Cultural Elements With Drama and Art Activities: My Culture, My Identity”. Marmara Üniversitesi Atatürk Eğitim Fakültesi Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 52, no. 52, June 2020, pp. 505-28, doi:10.15285/maruaebd.619600.
Vancouver
1.Müge Yukay Yüksel. Training Program for Gaining Cultural Elements with Drama and Art Activities: My Culture, My Identity. Marmara Education Journal. 2020 Jun. 1;52(52):505-28. doi:10.15285/maruaebd.619600

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