The Effect of a Values Education Program Supported by the Persona Dolls Approach in Preschool

Authors : Ayşe Duran Yılmaz, Esra Ömeroğlu

Pages : 754-771

Doi:10.33711/yyuefd.1484880

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Publication Date : 2024-12-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of a values education program supported by the Persona Dolls Approach on the social values of Turkish and Syrian refugee children attending the same preschool class. This study was conducted using a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test with the control group. The data of the research was collected through the Personal Information Form for Turkish/Syrian Children and the Scale for Preschool Social Values Acquisition Scale (SPSVA). According to the findings of the research, the values education program supported by the Persona Dolls Approach had a positive effect on the attainment of social values in the children and this effect was permanent. There was a statistically significant difference between the post-test scores of the experimental and control groups regarding the love/tolerance, respect, responsibility, cooperation/helpfulness, and kindness sub-dimensions and total scores of the SPSVA and this difference was in favor of the experimental group. In addition, it was determined that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of the Turkish children in the experimental group on the love/tolerance, respect, responsibility, cooperation/helpfulness, and kindness sub-dimensions and the total scores of the SPSVA and the mean scores of the Turkish children in the control group in favor of the experimental group. There was a significant difference between the mean scores of Syrian refugee children in the experimental group on the love/tolerance, respect, responsibility, cooperation/helpfulness, and kindness sub-dimensions and total mean scores of the SPSVA and the mean scores of Syrian children in the control group. This difference was found to be in favor of the Syrian children in the experimental group. According to these results, educators working with refugee children can include activities supported by the Persona Doll Approach to help these children adapt to their classroom environment and friends. The Persona Doll Approach can be used to support children to recognize and respect different cultures. This research was conducted with children only. The impact of activities involving the rest of the family that are designed to help refugees adapt to a different society and to ensure that individuals in the host society are more able to accept them could also be examined.
Keywords : Kimlikli Bebekler Yaklaşımı, Okul Öncesi Eğitim, Mütleci Çocuklar, Değerler Eğitimi, Sosyal Değerler