Research Review-Journal Article Assignment

Research Review-Journal Article Assignment Paper details: CI 3315: Please note that information for the assignment is provided with comments to clarify questions you might have regarding the assignment. The following information should be included: Your Name Name of Journal Article Title Date/Issue #/Month (information may vary with different publication styles) Page numbers of the article Part I: Explain your interest in the article This is simply describing why you chose this article. What about it was interesting to you? What prompted you to choose this topic? Part II: Form of data collection and research type I would like for you to choose an article that is Action/Teacher Research. Remember that action research is described as research conducted mainly by insiders, teachers, administrators, or other practitioners with the distinct goal of solving a problem or a challenge within the classroom. In this section, you will describe how the data was collected, what type of data it was, how the researcher tracked the data, etc. Part III: Key Points/Findings This is best to do in a bulleted format. Include the key findings/outcomes of the research. Part IV: Connections to child development In this section, you will tie the research to child development; how is it connected? For example, if you find an article relating to a social problem within a classroom, you could tie it to social/emotional development as we discussed in class. Part V: Share why you believe the information in this article is important for educators/why should others read this research article? For the final section, you will share why you believe this information is vital for your peers and explain why you think they should read the article, use the information, perhaps implement it in their future classrooms, etc. Notes: • This should be an enjoyable assignment. • In order for it to be an enjoyable assignment, be sure you find a topic that is of true interest to you and that you really feel could benefit others. • Be sure you follow the format explicitly. The rubric for this assignment will include: 10 point sections in rubric include: 1. Typed, double spaced in 12 point font 2. Research was completed within the past 10 years 3. Report is a minimum of three pages, maximum of five 4. A hard copy of the article was turned in 5. Your name is included on all information turned in 6. Title of article 7. Name of journal is provided 8. Date of publication/Issue #/Month are provided 20 point sections in rubric include: 1. Part I: Explain your interest in the article 2. Part II: Details regarding the type of collection 3. Part III: Key Points/Findings 4. Part IV: Strong connection between the key points/findings to child development 5. Part V: Reasons are given as to the importance of this article for other educators/what others may gain from reading this article 6. Last section: Journal article assignment is well written and does not contain spelling or grammatical errors 200 point total Education and Science Vol 40 (2015) No 180 51 - 71 51 The Effect of Fathers' Language Training Program on the Receptive Language Development of Children * Ceyhun Ersan 1 Abstract Keyw ords The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of a training program so as to support language development in children provided for the fathers, having 36 - 48 month - old children who do not get pre - school education. For this purpose, "Father Language Assistance Program" has been developed by the researcher. The sample of the study consisted of 42 fathers, living in Emet county in Kutahya, whose children do not get preschool education, and the children of these fathers. In the study, the research design with pre - and post - test control groups was us ed. 22 fathers in the sample were involved randomly in the experimental group and exposed to 8 - week father language assistance training program while the other 20 fathers were determined as the control group and did not get any kind of father training. The language development levels of the children were assessed with "Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test". In the analysis of data Mann Whitney U Test and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test were used. According to the findings of the study, a statistically significant diff erence was found between the language development levels of the children whose fathers were involved in "Father Language Assistance Program" and the levels of other children whose fathers weren't. Therefore, "Father Language Assistance Program" affects chi ldren's language development levels positively. The study also proves the positive effect of the training program given to the fathers on children's language development and so contributes to the literature. Father Training Father Language Assistance Prog ram Language Development 36 - 48 month - old children Pre - school years Article Info Received: 12 . 01 .201 4 Accepted: 07 . 05 .2015 Online Published : 08 . 04 .2015 DOI: 10.15390/EB.2015.4260 Introduction It is an observable fact that there exists a continuous change and development in human life. It can be claimed that these changes and developments start from people’s birth and last until the end of their lives. Scientific, social and political developments rapidly increasing in our age play a significant * This research is done on the master’s thesis with the title “ The Effect of Father Language Assistance Program on Children's Language Development ” th at was presented by Ceyhun Ersan under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nesrin Isikoglu Erdogan for Pamukkale University Institu te of Education Sciences in 2013 . 1 Pamukkale University, Child Care and Youth Services, Turkey, [email protected] Education and Science 2015, Vol 40, No 180, 51 - 71 C. Ersan 52 role in human life and are able to destroy the taboos in a number of situations that we perceive as absolute reality. The very first years of human life has been a popular research subject of many scientific studies due to its significance. The environment in early childhood and the quality of education provided to children determine their future achievements and so their quality of life to a great extent . Some research studies reveal that the lack of stimulating environment and experiences in the early childhood restrict their learning and development in the following years, whereas an environment rich in stimulation increases the competency of using moth er tongue that forms the basis of school education, logical - mathematical and spatial abilities, achievement motives, study habits and so their learning levels (Senemoglu, 2004). Education of child in the early ages defines not only the pre - school education provided institutionally but also a process that needs to start with child's birth. Therefore, with a few exceptions, it can be considered that for every child the first educational environment is family and the first teachers are parents and other family members. By providing rich stimulating environments, mothers and fathers can potentially help their childre n have some crucial gains. As Yörükog lu stated (2000), for child, the things learned from parents, a strong background and relationships maintained in the early years continue to be essential throughout child's life. The effect of family is of vital importance for the child to be a competent and healthy individual especially in terms of cognitive, social, language and even sexual developments. Family 's being involved in their children's care and education process with a more modern and scientific base can be possible through family training. According to Kagitçibasi (1989), it is obvious with some research that cognitive, social, emotional, psychomoto r and personality developments of children whose parents are educated in terms of parenting skills are better compared to those whose parents are not. Until a few decades ago, while every individual's early life was primarily and specifically associated wi th "mother", today it can be said that, although not wrong, this phenomenon is a prejudiced one since a good number of scientific findings suggest that father is really effective on child's cognitive, social, emotional, sexual (Güngörmüs Özkardes, 2006, Ku zucu, 2011) and language development (Tamis LeMonda, Shannon, Cabrera, & Lamb, 2004; Pancsofar and Vernon - Feagans, 2006). Just like mothers, fathers also have a big role in children's cognitive, social emotional, language, sexual and moral developments. Ho wever, it seems pretty difficult and even impossible with traditional or mere cultural values to maintain some issues such as the invaluable roles fathers should provide for their children, the way they should behave to act these roles and even the way the y shouldn't behave. Then, the most logical solution is to provide an environment for fathers where they are trained on "being father" and even "being an effective father" with quality information and practices. When the care and education of child in the e arly years is considered, the one that first comes to minds has always been mothers. E ven, the anthropologist Margaret Mead defines fathers as a "biological necessity," and as an "accident socially" (cited in Parke, & Brott, 1999) . During child's education process, fathers have not been a research topic for a long time. In theories related to child deve lopment as well (e.g. Bowlby's Attachment T heory), the importance of mothers is emphasized more while father is defined as the person that can support mother ( cited in Güngörmüs Özkardes, 2006). As a continuation of these perceptions, the target group of family training programs has been mainly mothers. While these kinds of family assistance programs are limited in Turkey , the family training programs involving fathers in the education process and helping them to be more efficient and competent in their children's care and education are also limited. Many reasons such as women's starting to work life, divorce, death and having illegitimate child make it compulso ry for fathers to take over their children's responsibilities more and all these suggest the necessity of fathers' being educated in child development and education at least as mu ch