A study on soft skills of rural and urban preschoolers

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dc.contributor.advisorDhanda, Bimla
dc.contributor.authorPoonam Rani
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-26T13:28:20Z
dc.date.available2016-10-26T13:28:20Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe study was conducted in rural and urban areas of district Hisar. Two villages namely Balsmand and Kharia were taken as rural location and for urban the Hisar city was selected for collection of data.A total number of 200 children of age group of 3+,4+and 5+ years were taken ,out of which 100 children were found from urban and 100 from rural areas. Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scale by Sparrow et al. (1935) was used to test the communicational and adaptive skills of children. Socio-economic status was assessed with self structured interview schedule. Home inventory by Bradley and Caldwell (1984) was used to judge the environmental conditions of children in their home. Social Attributes Checklist by Katz and McClellan (1997) was used to assess the social skills of children. Preschool Programme Evalution Sheet by Verna Hildrebrand (1981) was used to assess the preschool programme of children. Result revealed that children had increasing trend for soft and social skills with increase their age. Comparison over location shown that mean performance of children on soft and social skills were significantly different over the locations of boys and girls during the age 3+ to 5+ years. The further study revealed that aspects of home environment such as academic achievement was significantly associated with soft skills of urban children. Home environment such as modelling was significantly associated with social skills of urban children. Home environment such as learning stimulation and Physical stimulation were significantly associated with soft skills of rural children. Home environment such as language stimulation, physical stimulation, modeling and acceptance were significantly associated with social skills of rural children. The total home environment was also significantly associated with soft and social skills of rural children.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/82130
dc.publisherCCSHAUen_US
dc.subHuman Development and Family Studies
dc.subjectSoft skills, Social skills, Home environment , Personal, Socio-economic variablesen_US
dc.these.typeM.Sc
dc.titleA study on soft skills of rural and urban preschoolersen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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