TY - JOUR T1 - Çocukların Dünya’nın Şekli ve Gece-Gündüz Kavramlarına Yönelik Zihinsel Modelleri TT - Children’s Mental Models about the Shape of the Earth and Day-Night Concepts AU - Güçhan Özgül, Sinem AU - Akman, Berrin AU - Saçkes, Mesut PY - 2018 DA - April DO - 10.19160/ijer.379293 JF - e-Uluslararası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi JO - e-ijer PB - Erdal TOPRAKCI WT - DergiPark SN - 1309-6265 SP - 66 EP - 88 VL - 9 IS - 1 LA - tr AB - Bu çalışma 60-72 aylık çocukların Dünya’nın şekli veGece-Gündüz kavramlarına ilişkin zihinsel modellerini ortaya koymak amacıylayapılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 2015-2016 eğitim-öğretim yılındaKuzeybatı Anadolu’da bulunan bir büyükşehrin merkez ilçesindeki bir anaokulunadevam eden ve yaşları 60-72 aylar arasında değişen 31 kız 25 erkek toplam 56çocuk oluşturmaktadır. Bu araştırmanın amacı kapsamında iç içe karma yöntemyaklaşımına uygun olarak nicel ve nitel veri toplama araçlarından elde edilenveriler birlikte ve nicel olarak analiz edip yorumlanmıştır. Bu araştırmadakullanılan veri toplama araçları “Dünya-2 Testi” ve “Dünya ve Gece-GündüzGörüşme Protokolü”dür. Araştırmanın bulgularına göre çocukların tümününDünya’nın şekli ve gece gündüz kavramlarına ilişkin sentetik zihinsel modelleresahip olduğu görülmektedir. Dünya’nın şekline ilişkin bulgular çocukların büyükçoğunluğunun düzleştirilmiş dünya modeline sahip olduklarını göstermektedir.Bununla birlikte, simit dünya modeli benzer kültürler ve yakın coğrafyalardayapılan çalışmalarda olduğu gibi bu çalışmada da ortaya çıkmıştır. Gece-gündüz oluşumuna ilişkin bulgular çocuklarınbu kavramları ve olguları büyük çoğunlukla Güneş’in hareketlerineatfettiklerini, sınırlı sayıda çocuğun ise bu kavramları Allah ile ilişkilendirdiğini göstermektedir. KW - Dünya KW - gece-gündüz KW - zihinsel modeller N2 - This study aimed to investigate 60-72 months oldchildren’s mental models about the shape of the Earth and day-night concepts. Thesample of the study consisted of 56 children (31 girls, 25 boys) aged between60-72 months attending the kindergarten in a city center located in theNorthwestern part of Turkey. Within the aim of this study, the data obtained fromqualitative and quantitative data collection tools were analyzed and discussedtogether and quantitatively within the framework of embedded mixed methodapproach. Data collection tools of this study were “Earth-2” and “Earth andDay-Night Concepts Interview Protocol”. The findings of the study, demonstrated that all ofthe children had synthetic mental models regarding the shape of Earth and theday-night concepts. Findings about the shape of the Earth showed that themajority of the sample held flattened Earth model. 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