Curiosity of Preschool Children (4–6 Years of Age) about Religious and Moral Issues
The child is a trust from Allah and the ornament of the worldly life. In the early childhood period, which includes the preschool period, the child asks many questions, wants to understand everything around them, and shows an inexhaustible desire to learn. This research was carried out to examine th...
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| description | The child is a trust from Allah and the ornament of the worldly life. In the early childhood period, which includes the preschool period, the child asks many questions, wants to understand everything around them, and shows an inexhaustible desire to learn. This research was carried out to examine the opinions of Qur’an course teachers about the religious and moral curiosity of preschool children. A qualitative method was used to ascertain the opinions of 40 participants in 2022. Six themes and 42 codes were determined from the answers provided by the participants to the questions in the semi-structured interview form. A content analysis method with a phenomenology design was used to analyze the data obtained in this study. It was found that children were intensely curious about the religious and moral issues of Allah, the Prophet, angels, death, heaven, hell and prayer; they can ask questions comfortably to satisfy their curiosity, and it was determined that they are excited when asking questions. It was found that teachers reacted positively to satisfy and expand children’s curiosity. In addition, we concluded that family and environmental learning are important factors that increase children’s curiosity, and activities such as drama, games and experiments conducted by teachers increase children’s curiosity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-925f2dd4b77e466bb8aa5abb7a052e232023-11-16T23:00:16ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442023-02-0114226010.3390/rel14020260Curiosity of Preschool Children (4–6 Years of Age) about Religious and Moral IssuesAhmet Koç0Faculty of Theology, Hitit University, Çorum 19030, TürkiyeThe child is a trust from Allah and the ornament of the worldly life. In the early childhood period, which includes the preschool period, the child asks many questions, wants to understand everything around them, and shows an inexhaustible desire to learn. This research was carried out to examine the opinions of Qur’an course teachers about the religious and moral curiosity of preschool children. A qualitative method was used to ascertain the opinions of 40 participants in 2022. Six themes and 42 codes were determined from the answers provided by the participants to the questions in the semi-structured interview form. A content analysis method with a phenomenology design was used to analyze the data obtained in this study. It was found that children were intensely curious about the religious and moral issues of Allah, the Prophet, angels, death, heaven, hell and prayer; they can ask questions comfortably to satisfy their curiosity, and it was determined that they are excited when asking questions. It was found that teachers reacted positively to satisfy and expand children’s curiosity. In addition, we concluded that family and environmental learning are important factors that increase children’s curiosity, and activities such as drama, games and experiments conducted by teachers increase children’s curiosity.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/2/260religious educationearly childhoodcuriositypreschool4–6 age groupQur’an course |
| spellingShingle | Ahmet Koç Curiosity of Preschool Children (4–6 Years of Age) about Religious and Moral Issues Religions religious education early childhood curiosity preschool 4–6 age group Qur’an course |
| title | Curiosity of Preschool Children (4–6 Years of Age) about Religious and Moral Issues |
| title_full | Curiosity of Preschool Children (4–6 Years of Age) about Religious and Moral Issues |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Curiosity of Preschool Children (4–6 Years of Age) about Religious and Moral Issues |
| title_short | Curiosity of Preschool Children (4–6 Years of Age) about Religious and Moral Issues |
| title_sort | curiosity of preschool children 4 6 years of age about religious and moral issues |
| topic | religious education early childhood curiosity preschool 4–6 age group Qur’an course |
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