Environmental influence on cognitive development of preschool children

Abstract

Cilj istraživanja odnosio se na ispitivanje uticaja sredine na razvoj kognitivnih sposobnosti dece predškolskog uzrasta. Uzorak istraživanja činilo je 50 ispitanika. Jedna grupa is- pitanika obuhvatala je decu koja pohađaju vrtić u gradskoj sredi- ni, a druga grupa decu koja pohađaju vrtić u seoskoj sredini. Obe gru- pe bile su uključene u program pripremnog predškolskog programa. U istraživanju je korišćena Pijažeova baterija za ispitivanje preoperacionog mišljenja. Rezultati istraživanja ukazuju da postoji statistički značajna razlika u pogledu razvoja kognitivnih sposobnosti dece predškolskog uzrasta koja pohađaju vrtić u gradskoj ili seoskoj sredini. Statistički značajnu razliku beležimo u okviru nivoa usvojenosti kognitivnih sposobnosti kod ispitanika ženskog i muškog pola.

The aim of the research was to study the influence of the environment in the development of cognitive abilities of children of preschool age. The study sample consisted of 50 patients. One group of respondents included children attending kindergarten in the city, a second group of children who attend kindergarten in rural areas. Both groups were included in the preschool program. We used the battery of preoperative cognitive abilities – Handbook exercises in development psychology. The research results indicate that there is a difference in the development of cognitive abilities of preschool children who attend kindergarten in the city or the country, this difference is statistically significant. Statistically significant difference was recorded within the level of adoption of cognitive ability in female and male.