Evaluation of Children's Playground In Siirt

Abstract

The research was carried out in order to evaluate the children's playgrounds in the province of Siirt in various aspects. 600 people (340 males and 260 females) living in Siirt province participated in the study voluntarily. In the study, the personal information form developed by the researcher and the Children's Playgrounds Evaluation Scale (CPES) developed by Ulaş and Ayan (2016) were used to collect data. The Cronbach Alpha coefficient of the Children's Playgrounds Evaluation Scale was determined as .84. In this study, the Cronbach Alpha coefficient of the Children's Playgrounds Rating scale was determined as .94. SPSS statistical program was used in the analysis of the data. In the study, it was examined whether there is a statistically significant difference between the groups depending on the variables of occupation and education. According to the findings, when the education variable and the CPES scale scores were examined, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the general competence, safety and functionality competence and the overall mean of the CPES (p <0.05). It was observed that people with high school or less education stated that children's playgrounds were less adequate than university graduates. When the scores of the profession variable and the CPES scale are examined, general competence, hardware competence, security and functionality competence and CPES in general average; It has been observed that the people working in the private sector stated that the playgrounds for children were inadequate compared to the people working in the public sector. According to the results of the study, the thought that children's playgrounds in Siirt province are insufficient has emerged as a result of both people with high school education and those working in the private sector indicating the deficiencies in children's playgrounds.