Design characteristics of play areas children’s play preferences

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2019-08-16

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Sevimli Çelik, Serap
Çetken, Hatice Şebnem

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The aim of this study was to investigate the design of preschool outdoor play areas regarding the children’s play preferences while using behavioral mapping method. During the outdoor play time, a total of 102 preschoolers were observed which lasted one and a half month. For the data collection process, The Playground’s Physical Elements and Environmental Characteristics Indicative Scoring Scale and Parten/Piaget Play Recording Form were used. With these instruments, 6 outdoor play areas were investigated according to their design characteristics, play materials and equipment, and children’s play preferences. The findings indicated that the design of the outdoor play area would affect children’s play types and play preferences. Traditional outdoor play areas’ design features usually guided children to engage in functional and solitary play. On the other hand, playgrounds which have more natural elements gave children opportunities to engage in constructive and creative play

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Early childhood education, Educational policy, Qualitative methods, Researcher education

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/87877
https://earli.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/BOA-2019.pdf

Conference Name

18th Biennial EARLI Conference, 12 - 16 August 2019

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Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Conference / Seminar

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S. Sevimli Çelik and H. Ş. Çetken, “Design characteristics of play areas children’s play preferences,” Aachen, Germany, 2019, p. 268, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/87877.