Preschool children's perceptions on human-environment relationship: follow-up research

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2020-05-01

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Cengizoğlu, Seçil
Olgan, Refika
Teksöz, Gaye

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In the current study, we focus on how the early childhood education for sustainability (ECEfS) program develops the perceptions of preschool children about the human-environment relationship. The sample of the study consisted of preschoolers aged 60-66 months in Ankara, Turkey. The data were collected through the drawings of children on the topic of 'human-environment' and interviews on drawings obtained before and after the program. The findings revealed that children perceive their environment as a peaceful and gentle place. Furthermore, children conceptualized the environment through unusual and fantastic elements and they described the environment through secondary sources. There was a shift in descriptions in the post- and follow-up drawings including proposing recycling as a way of reconstructing the human-environment relationship, with making connections between global issues. In parallel to post findings, follow-up drawings gained after 10-month of the implementation highlights children's own solutions for a sustainable future.

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Developmental and Educational Psychology, Pediatrics, Social Psychology

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/42548

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EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE

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https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2020.1767608

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S. Cengizoğlu, R. Olgan, and G. Teksöz, “Preschool children’s perceptions on human-environment relationship: follow-up research,” EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE, pp. 0–0, 2020, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/42548.