Preschoolers' Views About Gender Related Games and Toys
4th World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES), Barcelona, Spain, 2 - 05 February 2012, vol.46, pp.5924-5927, (Full Text)
- Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
- Volume: 46
- Doi Number: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.08.006
- City: Barcelona
- Country: Spain
- Page Numbers: pp.5924-5927
- Kocaeli University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
This study aims to investigate views of preschoolers' on gender related games and toys. Sixty children (29 girls; 31 boys) attending two different preschools took part in the study. Before the study, two characters -one of them was girl and the other was boy-were created and preschoolers were introduced to both of them. This study were carried out by placing these characters respectively on the drawings on acetate sheets. At the first stage, drawings of a girl and a boy accepting a gift package from an adult were shown to children. After showing each drawing, children's views about what could be in the gift package, were asked. At the second stage of the study, drawings of two girls, two boys, a girl and a boy at home, class and playground were presented and children were asked about games that children in the drawings could play together. In this study, role of gender in children's views of games and toys were investigated in terms of age and sex. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu