The Process of Computer Animation Design and Development for Education of Children’s Rights: The Effects on Attitudes and Awareness towards Children's Rights
Abstract
The study was conducted to determine the effects of the animation design process for children's rights on the attitudes and awareness of prospective teachers of information technology. The research has been designed in parallel with convergent parallel design of the mixed methods research designs. The study group of research consisted of 48 prospective teachers that are determined by convenience and criterion sampling methods. In the acquisition of the research data, "Children’s Rights Attitude Scale”" developed by Karaman Kepenekci, "Scale of Awareness of Children's Rights in Teaching Process" developed by Kor and "Open-ended Questionnaire Form on Children's Rights" were used. While T-test was used for parametric tests and Wilcoxon Marked Rank Test was used for non-parametric tests in the analysis of quantitative data of the study, content analysis technique was used in the analysis of qualitative data. As a result of the research, it was seen that the attitudes of the students in the animation development process regarding the children's rights were significantly improved at the end of the process. In addition, it was revealed that the level of knowledge and awareness of students about children's rights has improved. Accordingly, it was found out that developing and using educational animations in educational processes is preferable approach in terms of the effectiveness of the educational components in promoting perceptions and attitudes towards children's rights in the process of children’s rights education.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Studies on Education
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
March 15, 2020
Submission Date
November 2, 2019
Acceptance Date
March 5, 2020
Published in Issue
Year 2020 Volume: 5 Number: 1