Observable Behaviour In Pre-School Creative Plays As Basis For Technological Readiness

📄 Project Abstract

The research sought to find out through observation of children plays that were of relevance to technological concepts. In other to carryout the research questions, hypotheses were formulated in measurable terms to aid the research achieve the goals of the study. Two schools were used for the pilot study and the result helped to establish the validity and reliability of the instrument. Three schools were finally used in carrying out the real project from where data were gathered. The statistics used for the analysis of collected data were percentages, for reliability of scores. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test for relationship of item codes while a two way T-test was engaged in testing for differences of play pattern between the genders and potential for technological readiness. Knowing fully well that not all plays are creative (e.g. unoccupied and on locker behaviours) the researcher was able to identify such plays as solitary, parallel, association and co-operativ...