Kaynaştırma Uygulaması Yapılan Okul Öncesi Sınıflarında Drama Eğitim Programının Çocukların Etkileşimi ve Sosyal Bilgi İşleme Sürecine Etkililiğinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Şenol, F.B., The Effectiveness of Drama Teaching Program on Interacation and Social Information Processes at Preschool Classrooms Applying Inclusive Education, Hacettepe University Institute of Health Sciences Child Development and Education Doctor of Philosophy Thesis, Ankara, 2017. This study aimed to determine the levels of social interactions, social information processing and cooperation-helping-sharing behaviors of students at preschools in which inclusive education is applied, to develop a drama education program considering the needs and interests of children and to determine the functionality of the drama training program on children’s social interactions, social information processes and cooperation-helping-sharing behaviors. The pre and post tests were applied in experimental design with the control group. In total, 18 children were included in both groups. One of the students in both groups were special needs. The students in the experimental group received an eight week Drama Education Program twice a week. With the aim to determine the effects of the program, a pre-test, post-tests and a permanence test, which was applied one month after the application, were used as the data collection instruments. In the study, the General Information Form, Children’s Interaction Rating Scale of Children to measure children’s social interactions, and the Social Information Processing Interview–Preschool Version to measure social information assessment processes were adapted into Turkish and used. In addition to these instruments, a Cooperation-Helping-Sharing Behaviors Observation Form was used to measure the effects of the program on students’ behaviors. Mann-Whitney U Test, Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and t-test were applied in the data analysis process. The study results showed that there was a statistically meaningful difference in children’s cooperation-helping-sharing behaviors, social interactions and social information processing between the control and experimental groups. Key Words: inclusive, drama, social information processing, interaction, children with special needs