An Investigation of 60 – 72 Months-Old Preschool Children’s Qualification on Cognitive, Socio-Emotional and Self-Care Skills in Terms of Specific Variables: North Cyprus Sample Cover Image

60-72 Aylık Çocukların Bilişsel, Sosyal- Duygusal ve Özbakım Yeterliklerinin Çeşitli Değişkenler Açısından İncelenmesi: Kuzey Kıbrıs Örneği
An Investigation of 60 – 72 Months-Old Preschool Children’s Qualification on Cognitive, Socio-Emotional and Self-Care Skills in Terms of Specific Variables: North Cyprus Sample

Author(s): Sarem Özdemir
Subject(s): Preschool education, Educational Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Sociology of Education
Published by: Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi
Keywords: Mothers at home; working mothers; cognitive development; social-emotional development; self-care development;

Summary/Abstract: Preschool education is a critical period in terms of improving cognitive, social-emotional, language and self-care skills of a human’s life. The main purpose in this study is to investigate differences of competencies of children’s cognitive, social-emotional and self-care skills in terms of mothers’ employment status. Cross sectional survey method and descriptive analysis were used in this study. Target population was all mothers who have a child at age 6 and accessible population was mothers who live in Nicosia. Random sampling was used to assign the questionnaire. The items in the rubric were formed with related to the objectives mentioned in the preschool education curriculum. Participant mothers were asked to specify the degree of competency on cognitive, social-emotional and self-care learning skills. Data obtained in this study were collected in the February and March 2016. Questionnaire also included personal information about participants that are; employment situation, age, number of children, level of education and job of the mother. According to the results, children of mothers at home had higher scores on social-emotional and self-care skills. In addition, it was found that children with higher education level had higher social emotional development scores and self-care skills. It was also concluded that the older mothers’children had a better level of self-care skills.

  • Issue Year: 25/2019
  • Issue No: 97-1
  • Page Range: 536-553
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Turkish