RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE USE OF PLAYGROUND FACILITIES AND PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN’S MOTOR DEVELOPMENT IN KADUNA METROPOLIS
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE USE OF PLAYGROUND FACILITIES AND PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN’S MOTOR DEVELOPMENT IN KADUNA METROPOLIS
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Date
2009-12
Authors
OKOSUN, CHIDIMMA JULIANA
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Abstract
The pre-school year is a period of so many developmental changes in the child.
The child at this stage of life is faced with the challenges of coordinating his/her
limbs, develop strength and perceptual skill, control posture and balance. The
role that playground facilities play with regards to this, need, to be addressed.
Therefore, the study titled “Relationship between the use of playground facilities
and pre-school children’s motor development in Kaduna Metropolis” was aimed
at assessing the relationship between playground facilities and the extent of
motor development of pre-school child. Experimental research design using field
experimental research design was employed for the study. A sample of one
hundred (100) children out of the twenty one thousand eight hundred and one
(21,801) children and ten proprietors/proprietress and schools out of the
hundred and two proprietors/proprietress and schools in Sabon Tasha division of
the metropolis were used for the study. Observation score sheet and
questionnaire were used to obtain relevant data. Collected data were analysed
using frequencies, percentages, mean and Pearson Product Moment Correlation.
Four Null hypotheses were stated and all were tested at 0.05 (P<0.05) level of
significance. The tested null hypothesis (1) revealed that there was no significant
relationship in the extent of motor development of preschool children who use
playground facilities and those who did not. . Hypotheses 2, 3 and 4 revealed
significant relationship in the use of some playground facilities for the
development of specific motor skills. The observed probability were all lower
than 0.05 which implied significant relationship. However, the study showed that
majority of the proprietors/proprietress of private pre-schools in Kaduna
metropolis fell within the middle age and were educated. The findings also
revealed that some particular playground facilities were common to all the preschools.
Researcher’s recommendations were that: (i) parents should ensure
that they enroll their children into preschools that have adequate playgrounds
equipments (ii) where they cannot afford to buy the equipment, parents should
from time to time take their children to public playground centres so that they can
utilize the facilities there (iii) Government at all levels should ensure proper
supervision and monitoring of private preschools. The researcher concluded by
stating that preschool curriculum should be designed in such a way that it will be
play oriented so that preschool owners would have no alternative than providing
the children with playground and adequate facilities.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE
SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA,
NIGERIA.
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF
MASTERS DEGREE IN HOME ECONOMICS (FAMILY
AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT)
DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.
Keywords
RELATIONSHIP,, USE,, PLAYGROUND,, FACILITIES,, PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN’S,, MOTOR,, DEVELOPMENT,, KADUNA METROPOLIS