Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
HACETTEPE UNIVERSITESI EGITIM FAKULTESI DERGISI-HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, cilt.31, sa.1, ss.66-81, 2016 (ESCI)
The purpose of this research was to conduct a qualitative study of the Children and Architecture Education Program carried out among middle-class primary school students aged six to eleven years old studying near Ankara,the capital city of the Republic of Turkey, and to investigate the effects of this program on these students' attitudes, behaviors and design skills. This study was part of a larger project, "The Adaptation into Turkish Culture of the Design Education Program (Architecture and Education Program for Children), Analysis of Its Effectiveness and Extending the Use of the Program" (Project No. 110K269), funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey between 2010 to 2013. The Children and Architecture Education Program was first adapted for use in the Turkish culture from a model used in the United States. The adapted program was offered for thirteen weeks. Opinions on the program were collected from both teachers and children. Following qualitative analyses, results suggest the Children and Architecture Education Program is an effective and useful tool for social, emotional and cognitive development of children as well as for the development of students design skills.