Pınar BAYHAN, Arzu YÜKSELEN, Bahar K. KAYSILI

Çocukların Ekonomiyle İlgili Kavramlara Yönelik Algılarının Yaşlara Göre İncelenmesi

Çocuklar aile çevrelerinde tüketici olarak ekonomik aktivitelerin içindedirler. Dahası oyunlarında ve sosyal yaşamlarında sıklıkla ekonomiye yönelik kavramları kullanırlar. Her ne kadar çocuklar birçok etkinlikte ekonomik kavramları kullansalar da onların ekonomiye ilişkin kavramları nasıl algıladıklarına yönelik çok az şey bilinmektedir. Bu araştırmada 6, 8 ve 10 yaş grubu 240 çocuğun ekonomi ile ilgili kavramları nasıl algıladıkları 9 hikâye sunularak değerlendirilmiştir. Hikâyeler Siegler and Thompson (1998)’un yaptığı benzer bir çalışmadan alınarak kültürel olarak uyarlanmıştır. Veriler hikâyelere verilen cevaplara göre toplanmıştır. Hikâyeler üç ayrı deney şeklinde düzenlenmiştir. Birinci deneyde talep, miktar, motivasyon, ahlak ve reklam değişkenleri; ikinci deneyde ahlakın ekonomik durum üzerindeki etkisi; üçüncü deneyde ise alım gücü, tutumluluk, pahalı- ucuz değişkenleri ele alınmıştır. Çocukların bu hikâyelerdeki bu değişkenlerle ilgili durumlara verdikleri cevaplar değerlendirilmiştir. Sonuçlar yaş gruplarına göre değerlendirilmiştir

The Study of Children's Understanding of Economic Causation According to Age Differences

Children engage in many activities as consumers within the family. Children often use economic concepts in their social lives and drama activities. Although children use economic causation in their activities, our knowledge on children’s economic understanding is yet insufficient. Concerning children’s economic understanding, the participants (240 children, 6, 8 and 10 years old) were presented 9 stories. These stories were taken from a similar study produced by Siegler and Thompson (1998) and were adapted by taking some cultural characteristics into account. The data collected was the answers of students’ questions about the stories. Three experiments were performed: in the first experiment each story involved four variables; demand, supply, motivation and advertisement, in the second experiment variables were the effect of morality on the economic situation and in the third experiment affording, saving money, inexpensive and expensive were the variables. The results were examined according to variations such as age differences and were processed statistically.

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