Play Activities in Kindergarten: Their Effects on School Liking and Relationships with Teachers

Aysun Gündoğan

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Play Activities in Kindergarten: Their Effects on School Liking and Relationships with Teachers

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of play activities in kindergarten on school liking and relationships with teachers. For this purpose, an experimental method with experimental and control groups was used. Two experimental groups and one control group were included in the study. The sample group consisted of 70 children aged 4-5 years who attended three classes in a kindergarten located in the city of Denizli, Turkey. The data was collected using the following measures: the School Liking and School Avoidance Questionnaire (child, teacher, and parent forms), which was developed by Ladd, Kochenderfer, and Coleman (1996) and Ladd, Buhs and Seid (2000) and whose Turkish validity and reliability studies have been conducted, and the Student-Teacher Relationship Scale (Pianta, 2001). As a result of the study, compared to those of the children who played less, the levels of school liking of the children who played more actively and regularly, increased, while their school avoidance levels decreased. Levels of closeness with teachers increased among the children, who played more, whereas their conflict and dependency levels decreased.

Keywords

School liking,school avoidance,kindergarten children,play activities,student-teacher relationships

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Aysun Gündoğan ^*
0000-0002-9521-1577
Türkiye

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14 Ocak 2020

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23 Haziran 2019

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18 Aralık 2019

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Yıl 2019 Cilt: 4 Sayı: 2

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Gündoğan, A. (2020). Play Activities in Kindergarten: Their Effects on School Liking and Relationships with Teachers. Uluslararası Erken Çocukluk Eğitimi Çalışmaları Dergisi, 4(2), 15-32. https://izlik.org/JA94DT45AY

Play Activities in Kindergarten: Their Effects on School Liking and Relationships with Teachers

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Play Activities in Kindergarten: Their Effects on School Liking and Relationships with Teachers

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