Creative skills in solving environmental problems among kindergarten children

Saleem, Amal; Fadel Abdul Wahab, Anwar

	Creative skills in solving environmental problems among kindergarten children
JOURNAL OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION FOR WOMEN
Article 1, Volume 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 911-933
Authors
Amal Saleem; Anwar Fadel Abdul Wahab
Abstract
Acquires this research importance of addressing the subject (environmental problems) with age group task, a category that children pre-school, and also reflected the importance of research, because the (environmental problems) constitute a major threat to the continuation of human life, particularly the children, so the environment is Bmchkladtha within kindergarten programs represent the basis of a hub of learning where the axis, where the kindergarten took into account included in the programs in order to help the development of environmental awareness among children and get them used to the sound practices and behaviors since childhood. The research also detected problem-solving skills creative with kids Riyadh, and because the relationship between the skills of creativity and problem-solving environmental starts always a sense of the problem and clear the roots of creativity in the awareness that there is a deficiency or obscure what needs to be solved, and thus became the style of solving the problem demand basis for learning as the child is facing in their daily lives much of the problems that require the use of methods to solve educated to confront them and the style of the creative solution to problems through the Provisions of creative skills (originality, flexibility, fluency and sensitivity to the problems). This prompted the researcher to do a field study, addressed the (environmental problems) on the children of Riyadh, this segment of society, certainly it feels too much suffering, but because of their young age, they can not deliver their voices to others, because most of the adults around them may not meet the needs and demands of helping get rid of them, this felt a researcher at the meet the needs of these children through the construction of a test based on the creative skills of the solution to environmental problems with this category .oahdf this search 1. Building skills test creative in solving environmental problems with kindergarten children. 2. Identify the level of creative skills in solving environmental problems with kindergarten children. Through validation of hypotheses zero the following: - 1- There is no statistically significant difference between the scores on the test creative skills (fluency, flexibility, originality, sensitivity to problems) when the level of significance (0.05). 2- There are no statistically significant differences between the scores of children on a test of creative skills (fluency, flexibility, originality, sensitivity to problems), to solve the problem (of waste, congestion, air pollution), when the level of significance (0.05). This research determined that of children Riyadh in the preliminary stage of both sexes (Male and female) in the province of Baghdad, in general directorates for breeding Baghdad Karkh and Rusafa (first, second and third) for the academic year (2013-2014). With regard to the framework theory has reviewed the researcher's theories interpreted the environmental problems and the relationship of man with the environment as well as creative solutions to solve them, has adopted a researcher theory complementary to these theories, because of the principles and the basic assumptions adopted by each theory in the interpretation of environmental problems and the appropriate ways to solve them. The researcher used test creative solution to environmental problems, which was built by the researcher As well as the girl researcher test creative solution to environmental problems, which are of (27) items, which included four creative skills, namely, (originality, flexibility, fluency, sensitivity to problems). Were verified honesty and truthfulness virtual world to test items, as well as the extracted stability test, reaching way back (0990) and in a manner Cronbach's alpha reached (0.991). Has used statistical methods the following: - (square Ka 2, samples t-test (T- test) for two independent samples, Pearson correlation coefficient, the way re-test and the equation of Alpha Cronbach test, Mann - Whitney for small samples), as analyzed all the data the adoption of the bag statistical program (spss) The researcher found the following results: - 1 no statistically significant difference between the scores of kids to test the creative skills (fluency, flexibility, originality, allergy problems) when the level of significance (0.05). 2 There is a statistically significant difference between the scores of children on a test of creative skills (fluency, flexibility, originality, fumbling problem), to solve the problem (congestion, waste, pollution), when the level of significance (0.05). Research has also shown a number of conclusions, namely: - 1- The members of the sample has a weakness in creative skills in solving environmental problems 2- It turns out that there is a weakness in the level of skills of creative solution of environmental problems (to the problem of congestion, waste, air pollution) After obtaining a researcher on the results of her research, presented a set of recommendations and proposals, stating that it believes that researchers who want to complete what its findings.

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