Abstract:

One of the achievements of pre-school education is that children are aware of their own emotional characteristics. Fear is a part of human life, but the origins of some disrupted fears are attributed to childhood. It can be said that some circumstances that occur during childhood lead to discomfort and fear over time. The aim of this study is to study the fears of five-year-old children who continue to pre-school education according to their paintings and verbal narratives. What are the fears of five-year-old children in the pre-school period? Is there a meaningful relationship between their fears and their gender?” Asked for answers to questions. The study was carried out by phenomological (event science) pattern. The data of the study have been collected from the provinces of Istanbul, Van, Diyarbakır, Bolrı and Batman during the 2019-2020 educational and educational year. The work group consists of 34 girls and 33 boys from six different pre-school classes. The data of the study is made up of pictures that children draw and conversations with children. The findings of the research were analyzed by the content analysis method. There are nine different topics in this direction. The most emphasized theme is the animal theme. Outside of the animal theme, the mass media, physical violence, sudden noises, natural disasters, darkness, police and thieves have emerged. Although there is a significant difference between children’s gender in some subjects, similar fears in general have been seen to be more dominant. The study found that all children had a fear, and the reasons for it were discussed. At the end of the study, some recommendations were made.

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