A Study Examining the Relationship between Experience of Praying in Mother Tongue and Social Behaviour among 5 Years Old Children in Ankara

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between experience of praying in mother-tongue and social behaviour among preschoolers. Social behaviour problems such as introversion, cause damage with anger and lying can come to exist among preschoolers due to some reasons. It has been thought that experience of praying in mother-tongue provides an endogenous reinforcement, a spiritural strengthening, an increasing of capabilities related to get through problems, and a social behaviour identification to children in order to reduce these behavioural problems. In this regard, pray activities in Turkish have been organised during eight sessions. Furthermore, the reflection of pray activities on social behaviour of children has been investigated by comparing the pretest data and the posttest data of preschool social behavior scale applied through teacher form. According to empirical results, it has been ascertained that there is a decrease to be seen regarding social behaviour problems by finding out significant discrepancy in sample students. Therefore, it is possible to state that there is a positive impact of pray experience on children's social behaviour.

Keywords

• Okul Öncesi Manevi Gelişim
• Dua Deneyimi
• Sosyal Davranış
• Davranış Sorunu
• Manevi Gelişim
• Ahlak Gelişimi
• Çocuk Gelişimi
• Maneviyat
• Anadilde Dua
• Türkçe Dua