The Role of Museum Education in Developining Some Healthy Behaviours among Preschool Children.
An intervention study was done to evaluate the effects of museum education on developing healthy behavior in preschool children. The study was performed between June and August 2006. The sample was 111 children; 45 children as experimental group and 66 as control group. All children were subjected to the following: 1) Goudenough test, 2) Socioeconomic assessment, 3) Intervention program by using museum education, 4) Test for health behaviour for children before and after the museum education, 5) Observation checklist for teachers and mothers to evaluate the health behaviour of children before and after museum education. There was significant difference between experimental group (mean = 9.53) and control group (mean = 6.36) in post test of health behavior (p < 0.01). There was significant difference between the post test of experimental group (mean = 17.67) and post test for control group (mean = 12.29) as regard the observation checklist for mothers (p < 0.01). There was significant differences between the post test (mean= (8.29) of experimental group and post test (mean= (6.52) of control group as regard the observation checklist for teachers (p < 0.01) CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS: There was significant improvement in healthy behaviour of children after museum education. Museum education is a suitable tool for health education. Kinder garten programs should include museum education as well as health education.
Abd El-Latif
Faten I
FI
Department of Basic Sciences, Kinder Garten College, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt. fatenabdellatif@yahoo.com.
Elgarawany
Hala I
HI
Al Hamarawy
Soulaf A
SA