ERIC Number: ED624143
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 14
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Opinions of Primary School Principals on Pre-School Education: An Example of the Zonguldak Province
Online Submission, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International EJERCongress (2022)
This study aims to investigate the views of primary school principals regarding pre-school education. The study was carried out with ten primary school principals in the city of Zonguldak during the 2021-2022 academic year. The case study method, one of the qualitative research types, was used in the research. Based on the purpose of the research, the semi-structured interview technique was used to collect the data. A personal information form and an interview form prepared by the researchers were used to collect data in the study. In the research, it used the content analysis technique for the data obtained as a result of the semi-structured interviews. When the findings are examined, it shows that the primary school principals involved had positive perceptions regarding pre-school education. The primary school principals stated that pre-school education supports a child's psychomotor, linguistic, and cognitive development, and facilitates the preparation of children for primary school and their adaptation to school. Having a qualified pre-school educational institution in suitable conditions for children with interior and exterior space, it was stated that physical conditions and equipment should be planned in such a way that children can move freely. Some say that pre-school teachers should love their profession, be tolerant, give importance to their professional development, establish good relations with children and be role models to make pre-school education qualified. It was stated that the school principals had budget problems in pre-school education. They said that they sought support from the school-parent union and collected dues to solve these problems. Preparing physically suitable environments to carry out pre-school education more effectively, they expressed their suggestions to have auxiliary personnel, not to provide uninterrupted training, and to allocate the budget. [This paper was published in: "EJERCongress 2022 Conference Proceedings," Ani Publishing, 2022, pp. 152-165.]
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Schools, Administrators, Preschool Education, Foreign Countries, Emotional Development, Social Emotional Learning, Motor Reactions, Language Acquisition, Cognitive Development, Cooperation, Child Development, Educational Environment, Role Models, Budgeting
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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