A MODEL FOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL ACADEMIC CLIMATE STUDIES: “CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY”
OKUL DIŞI AKADEMİK İKLİM ÇALIŞMALARINA BİR MODEL “ÇOCUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ”

Author : Ömer Faruk SÖNMEZ -- Yasin GÖKBULUT - Özkan SAPSAĞLAM
Number of pages : 96-109

Abstract

This study was conducted in an attempt to determine the awareness of secondary school students regarding Children’s University. Being among the qualitative study methods, the case study pattern was used in the study. The study group of the study consisted of 40 students (18 female, 22 male) receiving education at secondary schools in the city center of Tokat. These students had participated in a program titled “A Glance at the World of Science within the Frame of Nature-History-Culture-Sports and Art Activities at Child Education, Research and Application Center” that was opened by Gaziosmanpaşa University Child Education Research and Application Center (Children’s University) in 2014. In the study, questionnaire forms that were developed by researchers were used as data collection tools. The questionnaire forms tried to determine the attitudes of students towards activities. At the end of the study, it was observed that students had not had any preliminary information about children’s university and they expressed a positive opinion about the activities of children’s university at the rate of 95%.

Keywords

Children’s University, Science, Student, Parent.

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