İlkokul Çocukları İçin Bir Mola Mı?: Teneffüs Gerçeği
Is It a Break for Primary School Children?: The Fact about Recess

Summary/Abstract: In the school environment where they become acquainted with rules and acquire certain knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviors, recesses during which they socialize with a lot of peers coming from different backgrounds and learn social skills and values are as important as classes. In this regard, this study aims to reveal students’ and teachers’ views about recesses. The study employs the case study method a qualitative research design. The sizes or features of school gardens were considered while determining the study group. 125 third graders from three different selected schools and five teachers from each school constituted the study group. Data were collected through student and teacher form prepared by the researcher and analyzed through content analysis. At the end of the study, an attempt was made to show student and teacher views concerning the steps that can be taken to make recesses more effective and productive.

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