Erken Çocukluk Eğitiminde Dış Mekan Etkinliklerine Yönelik Ebeveyn Tutumları için bir Ölçek Geliştirme Çalışması

Sinem Güçhan Özgül; Kerem Avci

doi:10.24130/eccdjecs.1967202591638

Authors

Sinem Güçhan Özgül Balıkesir Üniversitesi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5702-2150
Kerem Avci Balıkesir Üniversitesi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8050-9469

Abstract

Although current education programs in Türkiye encourage the use of outdoor spaces, teachers are affected by parents' attitudes. Since the power of parental attitudes to affect the involvement of outdoor activities in preschool education practices is so evident, it is essential to examine these attitudes in detail and according to their possible sub-factors. However, the lack of a valid and reliable tool measuring these attitudes in the national literature constituted the main problem of the study. In this direction, the aim was to develop the "Parental Attitudes Scale on Outdoor Activities in Preschool Education - OAP-PAS" by collecting data from 303 parents with 36–72-month-old children. As a result of the exploratory factor analysis, it was seen that the scores obtained from the scale produced reliable results (α=.90) and had a two-factor structure. These factors were named "Development and Learning (α=.95)" and "Environment and Security (α=.76)". The analysis results indicate that the obtained measurements produced valid and reliable results. OAP-PAS, developed in this study, is a sufficient tool to produce statistically valid and reliable results consistent with literature.

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