The Opinions of the Early Childhood Pre-service Teachers About Early Childhood Education Approaches

Koca C.

Eurasian Journal of Social and Economic Research (EJSER), cilt.8, sa.4, ss.163-173, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)

Özet

In this study, the opinions of the preschool teacher candidates about the perspective of the early childhood approach and the opinions of the child about the viewpoint, the role of the teacher, the types of resources used, the structure of the learning environment, the curriculum and the evaluation forms of the child were investigated. The Early Childhood Curricular Beliefs Inventory (ECCBI) was used by Jensen (2004), which was developed by Soydan (2013). The inventory has been applied to 317 pre-service teachers who are at Middle East Technical University and Akdeniz University Faculty of Education in the Early Childhood Education Department. In this study, it is seen that the pre-service teachers have adopted the Bank Street approach at the highest level, the High Scope approach at the second place, and the Montessori approach at the last place.