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ABSTRACT
The study investigatedinfluence of aesthetic dimension and play-way method on the literacy development among preschoolers in private schools in Benin metropolis.It further examined the difference in the relationship with respect to sex. Five research questions were raised and their corresponding hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 alpha level of significance.
The research employed thesurvey research design using correlational and observational approach. The population of this study consists of 2,842 respondents (2,726 pupils and 116 teachers) in private pre-primary schools in Benin Metropolis of Edo State. The multistage sampling procedure was used to select 360 respondents (300 pupils and 60 teachers). The research instrument for this study is titled “Aesthetic Dimension, Play-way Method and Literacy Development Scale (APLDS) among Preschoolers. It is adapted from the Preschool Literacy Survey (PLS) as developed by Hawken et al., (2005) as modified by Berthelsen (2013).The reliability of the research instrument was ascertained using the Cronbach Alpha Statistical procedure and yielded alpha coefficient of .811 for Aesthetics Dimension, .818 for Play-way method and .827 for literacy development. The data collected with the instrument were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation for hypotheses one and two, while hypothesis three was tested using multiple regression and Fishers’-Z test statistics for hypotheses four and five at 0.05 level of significance.
The findings revealed that there is significant relationship between aesthetics dimensionand literacy development. Also, the findings revealed that there is significant relationship between play-way method and literacy development among preschoolers in private schools in Benin metropolis of Edo State. Furthermore, it was that there is significant difference in the relationship between aesthetics dimension and literacy development as well as between play-way method and literacy development among preschoolers in private schools in Benin metropolis of Edo State based on sex in favour of female pupils. Based on the findings, it was recommended that Aesthetics and play-way method should be used as a major teaching methods in helping preschoolers in literacy development.
