What the Preschool Children Prefer: Computer, TV or Dynamic, Outdoor Activities?!

Lupu, Daciana; Norel, Mariana; Laurenţiu, Andreea Ramona

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.06.217

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“…These research findings partially correspond to the already mentioned research by Sener et al (Sener, Copperman, Pendyala, & Bhat, 2008) who came to the conclusion that children spend most of their free time doing passive and unstructured leisure activities at home. Our results are also consistent with those in the research done by Lupu, Norel, & Laurenţiu (Lupu, Norel, & Laurenţiu, 2013) where they found that children spend more time doing static activities at home. Within the first factor there are also activities related to carrying out certain household chores, but also to playing.…”

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Leisure Time Activities and Interests of Elementary School Children

Stojanović

Ristić

Đorđević

et al. 2017

FU Teach Learn Teach Ed

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The main objective of this research was to investigate the leisure time activities of elementary school children. This paper investigates the way in which these activities are grouped and their expression. In addition to this, it examined the existence of any difference between these grouped activities in relation to respondents' gender and school achievements, as well as to their relationship with the children's opinion of their parents' interest in how they spend their leisure time. For this purpose, an instrument has been designed consisting of 22 items of Likert-type (α = .69) which was used for a sample of 246 students of both genders (121 male and 125 female) from 4th and 5th grade (96 from 4th and 150 from 5th grade) from elementary schools in Vranje and Nis. Through factor analysis based on The Guttman-Kaiser Criterion and with the analysis of loadings of certain items, 5 factors have been identified and named as follows: organized extracurricular activities, home-related activities, computer-related activities, pastime, reality shows watching. The discovered differences in the expression of these groups of activities proved to be statistically significant. The results of t-test indicated that girls get more involved in activities at home, while boys rest more. The ANOVA results showed that there was the difference in the expression of activities done at home, as well as the organized extracurricular activities between students with different academic achievement. In the end, the results showed that as parents get less interested in the way their children spend their leisure time, more will their children get engaged in organized extracurricular activities, activities that are carried out at home, and watching sports, resting and using computers.

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“…The research results by Lupu, Norel, & Laurenţiu (Lupu, Norel, & Laurenţiu, 2013) showed that although children of preschool age prefer the activities outside home, they still seem to spend more time doing static and activities that are home-related.…”

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Leisure Time Activities and Interests of Elementary School Children

Stojanović

Ristić

Đorđević

et al. 2017

FU Teach Learn Teach Ed

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“…Wridth (2004) de benzer şekilde çocukların eski zamanlara göre daha fazla oyun alternatifi olduğunu, bu alternatiflerin de özellikle kapalı alanlarda ilgi çekici teknolojik ortamlar ile sunulduğunu dile getirmiştir. Ayrıca, günümüzde çocukların dışarıda oynamak istememe nedenlerinin, aileleri tarafından koyulan güvenlik kuralları ile de ilgili olabildiği bilinmektedir (Lupu, Norel & Laurenţiu, 2013).…”

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The ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes of preschool children related to different environments<p>Okul öncesi dönem çocukların farklı çevre konularına yönelik ekosantrik ve antroposentrik tutumları

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2016

HumanSciences

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The aim of the study is to define the attitudes of preschool children towards four different environmental subjects in terms of their habits of consumption, protection of environment, recycling-reusing and living habits and to analyze the reflection of residential area to the attitude towards the environment. In this study, where ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes to the environment were examined, design of phenomenology was used as a method of qualitative research. The study group in the research is composed of 41 children living in the rural (n=20) and urban (n=21) areas. The data were collected by using the interview form of The Children's Attitudes toward the Environment Scale-Preschool Version (CATES-PV). During data analysis, the qualitative and quantitative methods were used together. In this respect, descriptive analysis was used to identify the attitudes of children related to environmental issues, and Chi-square test for two variables was used to determine the reflection of residential area to the attitude towards the environment. As a result of the study, it was concluded that the environmental attitudes of children to their habits of consumption, recycling and living was ecocentric at first. However, when the reasons for such attitudes were examined, these children were observed to have anthropocentric attitudes Özet Araştırmanın amacı, okul öncesi eğitime devam eden çocukların tüketim alışkanlıkları, çevreyi koruma, geri dönüşüm-yeniden kullanım ve yaşam alışkanlıkları bakımından dört farklı çevresel konuya yönelik tutumlarının belirlenmesi ve yaşadıkları yerin çevreye yönelik tutuma yansımasının incelenmesidir. Çevreye yönelik tutumların ekosantrik ve antroposentrik bakış açısı çerçevesinde incelendiği bu çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden fenomenoloji deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu kırsal (n=20) ve kentsel (n=21) bölgelerde yaşayan toplam 41 çocuk oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma verileri The Children's Attitudes toward the Environment Scale-Preschool Version (CATES-PV) görüşme formu aracılığıyla toplanmış ve verilerin analiz sürecinde nitel ve nicel analiz yöntemleri bir arada kullanılmıştır. Çocukların çevre konularına yönelik tutumlarını belirlemek için betimsel analiz kullanılırken; yaşanılan yerin çevreye yönelik tutumlar üzerindeki yansımasını belirlemek amacıyla İki Değişken için Kay-Kare Testi uygulanmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda, çocukların tüketim alışkanlıkları, geri dönüşüm ve yaşam alışkanlıkları konularına ilişkin çevresel tutumlarının ilk bakışta ekosantrik olduğu ancak bu tutumlarının nedenleri incelendiğinde çoğunlukla antroposentrik tutuma sahip oldukları belirlenmiştir. Çocukların sadece 1 This was presented as oral presentations at the XI.

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“…Play equipment such as swings, slides, and picnic spots or cozy nooks can be utilized together to help children develop social skills and build large motors (muscles). Interaction between adults and children can also contribute to the development of social behaviors and learning in the outdoors (Lupu, 2013). The sizes of groups and adult to child ratio are deciding elements and are interdependent in the studies of outdoors where the teachers' planning is also essential to facilitate the opportunities for manipulation of outdoor behavioral studies.…”

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“…The sizes of groups and adult to child ratio are deciding elements and are interdependent in the studies of outdoors where the teachers' planning is also essential to facilitate the opportunities for manipulation of outdoor behavioral studies. It is the role of the teachers to establish and promote such environments that foster development, stimulate creative skills and encourage positive social behavior among the children (Lupu, 2013).…”

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A Case Study of Preschool Children Using Props Outdoor

Fatima

Shi

Khan

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RJSI

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It is very unfortunate thing that children cannot design the environments and settings of their outdoor playing facilities. This suppresses the preferences of children as they are forced to play and interact in the environments designed by the adults (Plummer, 2007). The key objective of this research will be to examine and analyze the role of outdoor activities provided to preschool children and the effectiveness of these activities in grooming the personalities of such children. The research will also uncover the causes behind pre-school children's meager visits to outdoor playing areas due to the busy schedules of their adults. What is the role of outdoor play in children’s learning? What is the quality level of outdoor play provided to young children by early childhood education organizations? What improvements and modifications can be made to ameliorate contemporary outdoor play in the educational sector? What steps or processes can help in boosting the confidence and satisfaction levels of children so that they can enthusiastically take part in the outdoor play? In this research study, these questions are addressed by an analysis of recent research and design suggestions. The results of recent research studies indicate that the importance of outdoor activities including playing and other similar physical engagements is emphasized by the researchers that work on the behaviors and nourishment of early childhood souls. They are of the view that outdoor activities are equally important as indoor activities which usually involve paper reading or board instructions, whereas outdoor activities provide preschool children with abilities to develop their natural behaviors in accordance with their surroundings.

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What the Preschool Children Prefer: Computer, TV or Dynamic, Outdoor Activities?!

Cited by 5 publications

References 20 publications

Leisure Time Activities and Interests of Elementary School Children

Leisure Time Activities and Interests of Elementary School Children

The ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes of preschool children related to different environments<p>Okul öncesi dönem çocukların farklı çevre konularına yönelik ekosantrik ve antroposentrik tutumları

A Case Study of Preschool Children Using Props Outdoor

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