Drama Education on the Creative Thinking Skills of 61-72 Months Old Pre-School Children

Autor/inn/en	Yasar, Munevver Can; Aral, Neriman
Titel	Drama Education on the Creative Thinking Skills of 61-72 Months Old Pre-School Children
Quelle	(2012), S.568-577 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1548-6613
Schlagwörter	Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Creative Thinking; Thinking Skills; Cognitive Ability; Drama; Program Effectiveness; Comparative Analysis; Pretests Posttests; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Kreatives Denken; Denkfähigkeit; Schauspiel; Türkei
Abstract	This study aims to identify six-year-old pre-school children's creative thinking skill levels and to establish whether there is a difference between the creative thinking skills of children who received drama education and those who did not. The population of the study consisted of six-year-old children who were attending pre-school classes of middle socio-economic level primary schools located in capital of Turkey, Ankara. The sample included 80 61-72 months old children, 40 of whom constituted the experimental group, while the remaining forty constituted the control group. In order to identify the effects of drama education on 61-72 months old preschool children's creative thinking skill levels, the pre-test and post-test-retention test experimental design was used. Data concerning the children's creative thinking levels were determined by using the Turkish adaptation of Urban and Jellen's (1996) "TCT-DP" (test for creative thinking-drawing production). The experimental group received a total of 24 education sessions, twice weekly for 12 weeks. Data obtained from the experiment were analyzed by using the Mann-Whitney "U" test, independent samples "t"-test, Wilcoxon signed rank test and paired samples "t"-test. The results revealed a meaningful difference between the creative thinking scores of experimental and control group children. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10