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The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of preschool education on the development of 48-66 month-old Syrian children. The study group consisted of 14 children and their mothers. In the study, which used mixed design, General Information Form, “Early Development Evaluation Form”, “Interview form for the Effectiveness of Preschool Education”, “Interview Form for the Concepts of Peace and Violence”, “Game Interview Form” and “Teacher Interview Form” were used as data collection tools. The difference between the pre-test and post-test scores obtained from the forms was evaluated by Wilcoxen Signed Ranks Test. The data obtained from the semi-structured interview forms were analyzed through using descriptive analysis method. Findings derived from the experiment and semi-structured interview forms were presented. According to the findings, significant differences were found between pre-test and post-test scores of language, social emotional and motor development areas. As a result of the semi-structured interviews the mothers reported that pre-school education supported the social-emotional development of their children and that it contributed to their children’s development of Turkish vocabulary; and defined the concept of peace as “something beautiful, peace and love” while they defined the concept of violence as “injustice, hatred, grudge”. At the same time, the researchers asked about the opinions of mothers about the games they played with their children in the home environment, but the mothers stated that playing games by girls and women was not acceptable according to their own culture. Suggestions were presented in accordance with the results of the study.

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