Erken Çocuklukta Olasılık: Mevcut Durumdan Geleceğe Bir Bakış

Öz

Son yıllarda çocukların erken olasılıksal düşünmesine yönelik artan bir ilgi bulunmaktadır. Her geçen gün daha fazla ülke erken çocukluk müfredatında olasılık konusuna yer vermekte ve ilgili literatürde olasılık daha fazla sayıda araştırmanın konusu haline gelmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, erken çocukluk döneminde olasılık konusunu teorik ve gelişimsel olarak ele alarak eleştirel bir bakış ile gözden geçirmek ve geçmiş araştırmaların sonuçlarından bir çıkarıma varmaktır. Çalışmada ayrıca, ülkemizde erken çocukluk eğitimi düzeyinde henüz yeterince ele alınmayan bu kavramla ilgili geleceğe yönelik öneriler ele alınmıştır. Mevcut araştırmalar, erken çocukluk döneminde gelişmeye başlayan olasılık düşüncesinin yaşam boyu sürecek bir bakış açısını desteklediğinin altını çizerek olasılığın önemine vurgu yapmaktadır. Buradan hareketle bu çalışmada olasılık, olasılığı oluşturan temel bileşenler, olasılıksal düşünme çerçevesi, erken çocukluk döneminde olasılık düşüncesi ve mevcut çalışmalar, erken çocukluk döneminde olasılık içeren müfredatlar ve kapsamları, olasılıksal düşünmeye yönelik öğretimin planlanması ve Türkiye’de erken çocukluk eğitiminde olasılığın yeri konuları ele alınmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Erken Çocukluk
• Matematik
• Olasılık
• Olasılıksal düşünme

Probability in Early Childhood: A Look from the Current Situation to the Future

Öz

In recent years there has been a growing interest in fostering probabilistic thinking in early childhood. An increasing number of countries include the subject of probability in their early childhood curricula, and the topic has attracted greater attention in academic research. The aim of this study is to critically review the theoretical and developmental aspects of probability in early childhood education and to draw conclusions based on the results of previous research. The study also provides recommendations for the future regarding this concept, which has not yet been adequately addressed in the early childhood education level in Türkiye. Existing research emphasizes the importance of probability by stressing that probabilistic thinking, which begins to develop in early childhood, supports a lifelong perspective. This study discusses probability, the basic components of probability, the framework of probabilistic thinking, probabilistic thinking in early childhood and existing studies, relevant curricula in early childhood education and their scope, instructional planning for teaching probabilistic thinking, and the place of probability in early childhood education in Türkiye.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Early Childhood
• Mathematics
• Probability
• Probabilistic Thinking

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