Influence of Home Environment on Concept Development of Rural, Tribal and Urban Pre-School Children
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2013
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UAS, Dharwad
Abstract
A study on “Influence of home environment on concept development of rural, tribal and
urban preschool children” was carried out in Ranebennur taluk of Haveri district, Karnataka
state during 2012- 2013. The sample for the study comprised of 120 preschool children of
whom 40 were from rural, 40 from tribal and 40 from urban area of Ranebennur taluk. From
each area 20 boys and 20 girls in the age group of 3-5 years were selected randomly from 24
Anganwadis. Mohite Home Environment Inventory (1990) and Bracken Basic Concept Scale
(2006) were used to assess home environment and conceptual skills of preschool children. To
assess the socio economic status of the family, the scale developed by Aggarwal et al. (2005)
was used. Percentages, correlation coefficient, one way ANOVA, ‘t’ test and Modified chisquare
were used for analysis of the data. The results of the present investigation revealed
that majority of children had average level of concept development and belonged to moderate
level of home environment in rural, tribal and urban group. There is significant difference
between age and concept development among tribal group. However, older children
performed better than younger children. Gender difference was observed in rural group on
concept development of preschoolers. There is significant relationship between parent’s
education and family income with the concept development of children among urban group.
Gender and age of the preschoolers had no significant influence on home environment of
rural, tribal and urban groups. Among urban group father’s occupation, family income and
socio economic status had significant relationship with home environment. There is no
significant relationship between home environment and concept development in rural, tribal
and urban groups.