“Teacher” from the Children’s Perspective: A Study by Metaphors

<p>The purpose of this study is to determine the perception of teachers by 10 year-old primary school childrens by the metaphors they developed. The sample covers totally 441 children [224 females (50.8%) and 217 males (49.2%)] living in Izmir, Turkey. Participants were asked to complete the prompt “Teacher is like…, because…’’. In identifying their perceptions, the qualitative research model (Holloway & Wheeler, 2002) was utilized, which contributes to the investigation of the individual’s perceptions, feelings, and experiences within the framework of Phenomenological design. At the end of the research female students produced 52 metaphors, and males did 44 for teacher images. However, 7 metaphors were commonly created by both genders. They were categorized in 8 conceptual themes. The children’s perceptions of “teacher” were clustered especially in the conceptual theme of Family Member (25%) and Warm-hearted Person (8%), with emotional and relational feelings which can be explained by the children’s attachment relations (Sabol & Pianta, 2012), that are similar for their families and their teachers. Gender was found to be significantly related with the images of teachers.</p>

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Investigation of Preschool Children’s Perceptions to Protect the Environment Through Drawings

Theory and Practice in Child Development ◽

10.46303/tpicd.2021.4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 41-55

Author(s):

Tuğyan Kavaz ◽

Betül Kizgut-Eryilmaz ◽

Buse Polat ◽

Dervişe Amca-Toklu ◽

Filiz Erbay

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Research Method ◽

Preschool Education ◽

Study Group ◽

Turkish Republic ◽

Qualitative Research Method ◽

Children's Perceptions ◽

Children’S Perceptions ◽

Northern Cyprus ◽

Common Perception

Abstract This study aimed at investigating the perceptions of children attending preschool education about protecting the environment through drawings. This study was carried out with a qualitative research method. The study group of this study consisted of 80 children among 48-60-month-old children attending preschool education in Nicosia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). In this study, the children were requested to explain their thoughts through drawings by asking the following question: “What can be done to protect the environment?” Then, the children were asked to describe their drawings orally. The descriptions of children were recorded in writing and analyzed. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the most common perception about protecting the environment was “not littering”. In addition to this, it was determined that the children had different perceptions as “not wasting water”, “not polluting nature”, “not starting a fire”, “not polluting the sea”, and “not cutting the trees”. It was concluded that the children had a perception of protecting the environment only from these aspects with the drawings that included reduce and respect dimensions of the 7R model. It was also concluded that they did not have a perception in the dimensions of reuse, rethink, reflect, recycle, and redistribute.

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Effect of Different Professions' Clothing on Children's Height Perception

The Spanish Journal of Psychology ◽

10.5209/rev_sjop.2012.v15.n3.39394 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 1038-1042 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mahmoud Rashidi ◽

Katayoun Keshtkaran ◽

Sahar Zabihidan ◽

Masoud Hosseinchari ◽

Farid Pazhoohi

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Biological Factor ◽

Primary School Students ◽

School Students ◽

Children's Perceptions ◽

Children’S Perceptions ◽

Height Perception ◽

The Difference ◽

Actual Height

Height is a biological factor that can affect how others perceive and behave toward an individual. Clothing, as a non-biological factor, can affect these perceptions of height. In this study we investigated the effect of different professions' clothing on children's perceptions of height. One hundred and eighty primary school students participated in this study and estimated the height of an actor in the clothing of four different professions which differed in terms of prestige. The results of study showed that the difference between the perceived and actual height was larger when participants estimated the height of socially esteemed professions. Also there was no difference between girls' and boys' estimation of different professions' height. The implications of these findings are discussed.

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