Teaching for Sustainability : an instructional activities based program in teaching some economic values for kindergarten children

Abstract

This study aims at evaluating the effectiveness of an instructional activities based program  in developing some economic values for kindergarten children. 60 kindergarten children in public schools were included . The average age was 5.5 years. They were divided into  two groups with equal number of children in both( one experimental, n=30 children, and the other was control group n=30 children). A Pictured Economic Values Questionnaire for Children was used to collect and analyze data. The t-test was employed, run by SPSS V18.0. Findings obtained from the study showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the children of the experimental and control groups in the total score of Pictured Economic Values Questionnaire for Children(sub- scales and composite score)in the post test, after applying the instructional activities based program, which is in favour of the experimental group.