Eurasian Journal of Social and Economic Research (EJSER), vol.8, no.4, pp.163-173, 2021 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
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.