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Thesis Type: Postgraduate
Institution Of The Thesis: Gazi University, Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Okul Öncesi Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı, Turkey
Approval Date: 2018
Thesis Language: Turkish
Student: YÜKSEL BÜŞRA YÜKSEL
Supervisor: Esra Ömeroğlu
Abstract:
This study was carried out to analyze the effect of creativity education program on children's
creativity and auditory reasoning skills applied to children attending pre-school education.
Creativity education program was prepared within the scope of the research. The study group
of the research consisted of 40 children, who were attending the kindergartens of primary
schools of the Ministry of National Education in the same neighborhood in 2016-2017
academic year. The research was carried of in three steps: The pre-test, post-test,
experimental design with control group. Control and experimental groups were randomly
selected. The creativity education program, which was prepared by the researcher, was
applied to the experimental group for four days a week for eight weeks. The data of the study
were collected through “Child Family Information Form”, “Creativity Observation Form“
and ”Selçuk Auditory Reasoning and Process Skills Test”. “Creativity Observation Form”
and the “Selçuk Auditory Reasoning and Process Skills Test” were applied to the
experimental and control groups as pre-test and at the end of the eight-week training
program, the measurement tools were re-applied to the experimental and control groups as
a final test. Four weeks after the post-test, the children in the experimental group were tested
in order to find out whether their learning is permanent. The distributions for the
demographic characteristics of children and families are given as frequency and percentage
values. Due to the effect of the education of children participating in creativity education
program, it was revealed that Mann- Whitney and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test was
performed because the distribution of the data was not normal according to the children who
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did not participate in this training at the end of the research. At the end of the research, Mann-
Whitney and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test was performed to find out whether the chidren
participating in creativity education program differ from the children who did not participate
in this training since the distribution of the data was not normal. According to the results it
is concluded that the Creativity Education Program had a positive effect on children's
creativity and the development of auditory reasoning skills and this effect was permanent.
Key Words : creativity, creativity education, auditory reasoning, pre- school education