ERIC Number: EJ1048965
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
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Relationship between the Preschool Children's Attitudes towards the Environment and Their Social Status
Körükçü, Özlem; Gülay Ogelman, Hülya
Early Child Development and Care, v185 n2 p171-180 2015
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the social position of preschool children and their attitude towards the environment. The sample group of the survey comprised 106 children from five-to-six years age group, attending nursery classes of primary schools affiliated to Ministry of National Education, in Denizli city centre. Relational survey method was used in this study. Personal Information Form, The Children's Attitudes toward the Environment Scale-Preschool Version, and Picture Sociometry Scale were used as data collection tools in the study. The results of the study aiming to examine the relationship between the attitudes of preschool children towards the environment and their social position suggested a positive, significant relationship between the attitudes towards the environment and the social position. It was found that the attitude of children towards the environment was the precursor of their social position.
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Student Attitudes, Environmental Education, Socioeconomic Status, Student Surveys, Nursery Schools, Sociometric Techniques, Rating Scales, Attitude Measures, Positive Attitudes, Regression (Statistics), Correlation, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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