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Demircan, Hasibe Özlen – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2022
This article analyzes the perspectives of three preschool teachers on integrative STEM practices and the facilitating and hindering factors in their implementation. The participants were preschool teachers working at public preschools. They volunteered to participate in a 14-hour STEM professional development program and to share their…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, STEM Education, Barriers, Preschool Education
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Veisson, Marika; Kabaday, Abdulkadir – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2018
Since education is a dynamic process and open to contemporary changes, professionalism which is vitally important for the sustainability of teacher education, has gained importance. Recent studies have emphasised the relations between professionalism and quality of teacher education and sustainability. The aim of the current study was to interview…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Professionalism
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Pistav Akmese, Pelin; Kayhan, Nilay – South African Journal of Education, 2023
Pre-school education is significant in the education of deaf children. The pre-school teacher is a gateway to realising the inclusion of deaf children in schools. In this study we investigated prospective pre-school teachers' opinions and thoughts about sign language in deaf children's education. In this descriptive study we employed the…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Preschool Education, Deafness, Preschool Teachers
Boyd, Wendy, Ed.; Garvis, Susanne, Ed. – Springer, 2021
This book provides significant information regarding the policies and provisions for early childhood teacher education programs in universities in fourteen different countries. Early childhood education and care (ECEC) is expanding rapidly across the globe with unprecedented numbers of children attending EC centres, requiring the investment in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Quality, Educational Policy
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Özmantar, Zehra Keser; Karatasoglu, Dilek – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2019
The evaluation of preschool education institutions in Turkey is conducted by two different bodies: The Ministry of National Education (MoNE) and The Ministry of Family and Social Policies (MoFSP). To date, there does not appear any attempt to designate the compliance of MoNE and MoFSP evaluation criteria with international quality standards. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Accreditation (Institutions), International Cooperation
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Uslu, Banu; Çeliköz, Mine – International Journal of Modern Education Studies, 2020
The present study was conducted to find out preschool teachers' and principals' opinions on the problems of the Turkish education system as well as their opinions on potential solutions. The sample of the study was preschool teachers' and principals' from Alanya, a district of the province of Antalya, Turkey. In the study group, there were 89…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Principals, Teacher Attitudes
Uslu, Banu; Çeliköz, Mine – Online Submission, 2020
The present study was conducted to find out preschool teachers' and principals' opinions on the problems of the Turkish education system as well as their opinions on potential solutions. The sample of the study was preschool teachers' and principals' from Alanya, a district of the province of Antalya, Turkey. In the study group, there were 89…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Principals, Teacher Attitudes
Karademir, Abdulhamit; Cingi, Mehmet Akif; Dereli, Fatih; Akman, Berrin – Online Submission, 2017
As the importance attached to preschool education has increased in recent years, researchers have begun to discuss the quality of educational and care services. This study aims to show the views of assistant teachers working at preschool educational institutions concerning quality, investigate their influence on quality, and reveal the effect of…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Aides, Attitude Measures
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Aydogmus, Mevlut; Tukel, Yalçin – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2019
Teachers, one of the basic vital human resources of the education system, play an important role in comprehensive restructuring actions carried out in education, as well as in developing schools, increasing the quality of education, and forming an effective school culture and climate. Therefore, determining the variables that affect the…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, Teacher Attitudes, School Culture, Educational Environment
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Demir, Mehmet Kaan; Arcagök, Serdar; Sahin, Çavus; Durukan, Haydar – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2017
In this research, the proposals of prospective teachers in pre-school training about the problems of pre-school education which are defined by the literature analysis have been put forward. 700 solution proposals are gathered from 140 prospective teachers who are included in the research by providing 5 solution proposals each. When analyzing the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Gol-Guven, Mine – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the quality of two types of Turkish early childhood education programs: private and public preschools. Three public and three private preschools in a district of Istanbul were randomly selected. The quality of preschools was assessed using the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale developed by Harms et…
Descriptors: Young Children, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Ermenc, Klara Skubic, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
This volume contains papers submitted to the 12th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Sofia and Nessebar, Bulgaria, in June 2014, and papers submitted to the 2nd International Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre 'Scientific Cooperation,' Rostov-on-Don,…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Global Approach, Competence, Comparative Education