Kılınç, Berna Ege Üniversitesi - Su Ürünleri Fakültesi - Avlama ve İşleme Teknolojisi Bölümü, Turkey , Atalay, Sevcan Demir Ege Üniversitesi - Fen Fakültesi - İstatistik Bölümü, Turkey , Kara, Ali Ege Üniversitesi - Su Ürünleri Fakültesi - Avlama ve İşleme Teknolojisi Bölümü, Turkey , İlkyaz, Akın Ege Üniversitesi - Su Ürünleri Fakültesi - Avlama ve İşleme Teknolojisi Bölümü, Turkey , Bayhan, Bahar Ege Üniversitesi - Su Ürünleri Fakültesi - Temel Bilimler Bölümü, Turkey , Hekimoğlu, Müge Aliye Ege Üniversitesi - Su Ürünleri Fakültesi - Yetiştiricilik Bölümü, Turkey

Determining the effects of aquatic animals training on building awareness of pre-school children

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120 pre-schoolers at 5-6 ages were trained on aquatic animals in various activities which were sponsored by Tübitak. The aim of the project was to determine contribution of the training to children’s awareness of aquculture and fisheries including two questionnaires such as pre and post -studies in tests. Percentage ratios for the first and the last tests were calculated for the questions to see whether there were any differences in age groups and schools in frequencies and percentages and finally statistical tests were performed. The results of the questionnaire process showed that rate of preschoolers who recognised 11 sea species was 20% prior to the study whereas it increased up to 65% following it. Rates of right answers by preschoolers to questions such as how fish breathe and whether they have teeth were significantly different before and after the training. The question of what factors pollute seas was covered in multiple choices including the choice ‘’ all’’ answered by 28 and 61% of childeren before and after the process, respectively. Therefore, statistical tests were used to find out whether the percentage difference of pre and post training was statistically significant. Accordingly, it was found that the difference in pre and post training was significant considering all studies variables with similar results obtained from the analyses for preschoolers, 46% and 54 % of whom were in 5 % and 6 age groups, respectively. All the results showed that training is considerably important to build awareness of the aquatic animals in pre-school children and increase societal consciousness level as well.

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Aquatic animals , training , awareness , pre , schooler

Ege Journal Of Fisheries an‎d Aquatic Sciences

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