摘要：Game play for children in preschool is equal to the meaning of life. Game play is where children can be freely organized due to their creativity, and is also educationally important for both children and adults. It is also used as a powerful tool in education in terms of enabling children to learn, develop their skills, habits and gain experience. In reaching the desired goals and quality of education in pre-school education, the attitudes and opinions of the preschool teachers about the teaching of the game are important. The aim of this research was to examine the teachers’ opinions on the effects of the game approach widely used in the preschool education on the abilities of learning and application and, improvement of students. The main population of the research was the preschool teachers working at the public and private schools of the Ministry of Education in Trabzon province. “Personal information form” and “The assessment scale of teachers’ views the game method in the preschool education". The main ddescriptive statistics (frequency, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum values) and t-test were used in the analysis of the data. Research findings revealed that teachers in public schools evaluated the impact of the game on students' development more positively than those in private schools. The teachers though that the most impact of the game approach was on the development of the students and the least effect of game method was on their skill abilities. The same subject should be actually investigated in other provinces for mapping the profile of country.
其他关键词：Preschool education, Child, Game method, Teacher opinions, Trabzon province.
