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                                                                <journal-id>e-ijer</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>e-Uluslararası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">1309-6265</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Erdal TOPRAKCI</publisher-name>
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                                                            <subject>Studies on Education</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Eğitim Üzerine Çalışmalar</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>THE PREDICTIVE EFFECTS PEER ACCEPTANCE HAS ON SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT VARIABLES IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>OKUL ÖNCESİ DÖNEM ÇOCUKLARININ AKRAN KABULLERİNİN OKULA UYUM DEĞİŞKENLERİ ÜZERİNDEKİ  YORDAYICI ETKİSİ</article-title>
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                                                    <contrib-group content-type="authors">
                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Gülay</surname>
                                    <given-names>Yrd.doç.dr.hülya</given-names>
                                </name>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Erten</surname>
                                    <given-names>Hatice</given-names>
                                </name>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20110124">
                    <day>01</day>
                    <month>24</month>
                    <year>2011</year>
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                                        <volume>2</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>81</fpage>
                                        <lpage>92</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20110124">
                        <day>01</day>
                        <month>24</month>
                        <year>2011</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2010, e-Uluslararası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2010</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>e-Uluslararası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                            <p>Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictive effects the level of peer acceptance has on school adjustment variables in preschool children. To fulfill the purpose we answered the questions stated following: Does the level of peer acceptance of children have a predictor effect on the level of school liking? Does the level of peer acceptance of children have a predictor effect on the level of collaborative participation? Does the level of peer acceptance of children have a predictor effect on the level of school avoidance? Does the level of peer acceptance of children have a predictor effect on the level of self-directedness?Method: A relational survey method, whose purpose is to establish the predictive effect the level of peer acceptance of preschool children has on school adaptation variables, was used for this study. 99 children, between the ages of 5 and 6, attending nurseries of governmental primary schools run by The Ministry of Education located in central district of province Denizli, established the sample group for the study. The Picture Sociometry Scale and the Teacher Rating Scale of School Adjustment were used in this study. The Teacher Rating Scale of School Adjustment for 5-6 Year Olds was completed by the preschool teachers. The Picture Sociometry Scale was applied to the children individually by the researchers. Research data was analyzed with SPSS 13.0 package programme. The Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient and simple linear regression methods were used to analyze the data. Findings: There was a significant positive relationship between the level of peer acceptance and the level of school liking, collaborative participation and self-directedness. As the level of peer acceptance increased so did the levels of school liking, collaborative participation, and self-directiveness. In the same way, in circumstances where children were rejected by their peers, the level of school liking, collaborative participation, and self-directedness decreased accordingly. Another result indicated that there was a significant negative relationship between the level of peer acceptance and the level of school avoidance. Namely, as the level of peer acceptance increased, the level of school avoidance decreased; and vice versa. Results proved that the level of peer acceptance had a significant predictive effect on school adaptation variables individually; school liking, collaborative participation, school avoidance, and self-directedness. According to the results, school avoidance is the most highly predictable school adjustment variable by peer acceptance; following school avoidance are the variables school liking, collaborative participation, and self-directedness. Results and Suggestions: The results illustrate that peer relations of young children carry great importance in terms of school adjustment. Hence, this is the reason why preschool teachers should start peer relation developing activities (social skills activities, cooperative group activities) at the beginning of term, and continue them on a regular basis. Additionally, techniques such as sociometry and observation should be carried out to monitor the structure of the peer relations between children. In terms of future relevant studies to be carried out in Turkey, various variables that could affect school adjustment, other than peer acceptance, should be analyzed. In further studies, the number of children in the sample group should be increased, and the longitudinal studies should be studied in order to assess the long-term effects peer acceptance has on the school adjustment of preschool children.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Araştırmanın amacı, okul öncesi dönem çocuklarının akranları tarafından kabul edilme düzeyinin okula uyum değişkenleri (okulu sevme, işbirlikli katılım, okuldan kaçınma ve kendi kendini yönetme) üzerindeki etkisini ortaya koymaktır. Araştırmada, ilişkisel tarama yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklem grubunu, Denizli ili merkez ilçesinde Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı&#039;na bağlı ilköğretim okullarının anasınıflarına devam eden, 5-6 yaş grubundan 99 çocuk oluşturmuştur. Araştırmada veri toplama sürecinde akranlar tarafından kabul edilme düzeyini ortaya koymak için Resimli Sosyometri Ölçeği, okula uyum değişkenlerinin belirlenmesi için de 5-6 Yaş Çocukları İçin Okul Uyumu Öğretmen Değerlendirme Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Okul Uyumu Öğretmen Değerlendirme Ölçeği, anasınıfı öğretmenleri tarafından doldurulmuştur. Resimli Sosyometri Ölçeği ise araştırmacılar tarafından çocuklara bireysel olarak uygulanmıştır. Araştırmanın verileri SPSS 13.0 istatistik paket programında analiz edilmiştir. Veri analizinde, Pearson Momentler Çarpımı Korelasyon Katsayısı Tekniği ve Basit Doğrusal Regresyon Analizi&#039;nden yararlanılmıştır. Sonuçlara göre, akranlar tarafından kabul edilme düzeyi ile okulu sevme, işbirlikli katılım ve kendi kendini yönetme düzeyleri arasında olumlu yönde anlamlı düzeyde ilişki bulunmuştur. Akranlar tarafından kabul edilme düzeyi ile okuldan kaçınma düzeyi arasında olumsuz yönde anlamlı düzeyde ilişki bulunmuştur. Ayrıca akranlar tarafından kabul edilme düzeyinin, okula uyum ile ilgili okulu sevme, işbirlikli katılım, okuldan kaçınma ve kendi kendini yönetme değişkenlerini ayrı ayrı anlamlı biçimde yordadığı belirlenmiştir. Bulgular göstermektedir ki, akranlar tarafından kabul edilme düzeyi, okula uyum değişkenleri içinde en yüksek düzeyde okuldan kaçınmayı, ardından okulu sevme, işbirlikli katılım ve kendi kendini yönetme değişkenlerini yordayıcı etkiye sahiptir. Sonuçlar, küçük çocukların akran ilişkilerinin, okula uyum açısından önem taşıdığını ifade etmektedir. Bu nedenle öncelikle okul öncesi eğitimi öğretmenlerinin, dönem başından itibaren çocukların akran ilişkilerini geliştirici çalışmaları (sosyal beceri etkinlikleri, işbirlikli grup etkinlikleri) düzenli olarak uygulamaları gerekmektedir. Bunun yanı sıra sosyometri, gözlem gibi tekniklerle çocukların akran ilişkilerinin yapısı ortaya konulmalıdır. Konu ile ilgili Türkiye&#039;de yapılacak araştırmalar açısından da bakıldığında, çocukların akranları tarafından kabul edilmelerinin yanı sıra okula uyum üzerinde etkili olabilecek farklı değişkenler de incelenmelidir.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Akran Kabulü</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Okula Uyum</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Okul Öncesi Dönem Çocukları</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Peer Acceptance</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  School Adjustment</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Preschool Children</kwd>
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