Engineers and Engineering through the Eyes of Preschoolers: A Phenomenographic Study of Children's Drawings

Autor/inn/en	Ata-Aktürk, Aysun; Demircan, Hasibe Özlen
Titel	Engineers and Engineering through the Eyes of Preschoolers: A Phenomenographic Study of Children's Drawings
Quelle	In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 30 (2022) 4, S.495-514 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ata-Aktürk, Aysun) ORCID (Demircan, Hasibe Özlen)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-293X
DOI	10.1080/1350293X.2021.1974067
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Phenomenology; Freehand Drawing; Engineering; Foreign Countries; Cognitive Tests; Projective Measures; Personality Measures; Content Analysis; Student Attitudes; Stereotypes; Engineering Education; Turkey; Draw a Person Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Drawing; Zeichnen; Maschinenbau; Ausland; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Projective test; Projektiver Test; Inhaltsanalyse; Schülerverhalten; Klischee; Ingenieurausbildung; Türkei
Abstract	This study aimed to explore how preschoolers perceive engineers and engineering by using their drawings. For this aim, phenomenography was used as a research approach. The data were collected using the draw-and-tell technique and through the drawing and explanation related parts of the Draw an Engineer Test. Totally, 436 preschool children from 16 different cities in Turkey were asked to draw an engineer and narrate their drawings. The data were analyzed using inductive content analysis. Findings indicated that some children did not reveal an understanding of engineer or engineering via their drawings (n = 50). A limited number of children (n = 17) had a perception of engineer parallel to the definition of the engineer in the literature. Most children (n = 199) tended to perceive engineering as a male-specific and physical work and represented engineers while working outdoors (n = 147); building structures or constructing machinery (n = 156). This research implies that preschoolers should have a higher amount of opportunity to explore engineering in everyday life with the empowerment of teachers, parents, and community members. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01