Science, Art and Sports School at Sinop Children's University: Its Effects on Children's Perceptions

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Tarih

2015

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Mehmet Tekerek

Erişim Hakkı

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Özet

The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the children's perceptions about the Entertaining Science, Art and Sports School at Sinop Children's University, which is a project including various science, art and sports activities carried out at Children's University of Sinop University. All the processes of the study from data collection to data analysis were conducted through qualitative research paradigm. The data of the study were collected by means of poster and interview techniques. The study group consists of 50 students finishing 5th grade in 20122013 school year and participating in the above-mentioned project. During the project lasting for 5 days, 23 different science, art and sports activities were performed; yet, most of the activities were science activities. At the end of the fifth day, the students were asked to prepare a poster by reflecting on the experiences they had during the activities of the project and then the students were asked what they wanted to depict in their posters through semi-structured interviews. The study concluded that the students liked all the activities conducted during the project but they liked most the activities in which they actively participated.

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Children's university, science camp, science school

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Turkish Journal of Education

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4

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