Investigating The Role of Traditional Children's Games in Teaching Ten Universal Values in Turkey

AYPAY A.

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, sa.62, ss.283-300, 2016 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: Sayı: 62
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.283-300
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Turkey, tradition, children's games, universal values, values education, content analysis, MOTIVATION, CHINESE
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Statement of the Problem: Children are constantly stimulated in different developmental areas through playing games with other children or adults. Play can provide a context wherein children achieve deep learning through the integration of intellectual, physical, moral, and spiritual values and commit themselves to learning, developing, and growing. While playing games, children learn a wide range of social skills. In addition to being contexts in which most learning related to children's lives occurs, games also provide children with contexts to learn about their own cultures and cultural values. Whereas values may show cultural differences, they can also be shared universally. Examining the role of children's games played in Turkey is significant in teaching universal values (achievement, benevolence, conformity, hedonism, power, security, self-direction, stimulation, tradition, and universalism).