The Effectiveness of The Lego Social Trainings Educational Package on Moral Judgment, and Social Skills

Abstract

The present study aims to determine the effectiveness of Lego social training educational packages on moral judgment, social skills and creativity of the second-grade students of primary school in Yazd city. All of the second-grade students in primary schools of Yazd that were under education in 1397 – 1398 were included in the statistical population, which counted up to 1500 students. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test design with experimental and control groups. For this purpose, 30 female second grade primary school students in Yazd city were chosen, using multi-stage cluster sampling method, and in the last cluster, students were selected by simple random sampling method and were divided into two experimental (15 people) and control groups (15 people). Data collection tools were a questionnaire of moral judgment, social skills, and creativity. Lego training was conducted in twelve 60-minute sessions by the researcher in the experimental group. The results show that the Lego social training education is effective on moral judgment, social skills, and creativity of second grade students in Yazd primary schools, and has increased moral judgment, social skills and creativity and its dimensions (initiative, fluidity, expansion and flexibility). The results show that after Lego social training teachings in the experimental group, a significant increase in students' moral judgment and social skills compared to the control group was Considered. As a result, it can be said that social teachings by Lego, affect the moral judgment and social skills of students.

Keywords

• moral judgment
• social skills
• creativity
• social teachings
• educational lego