REFLECTION OF PRE-SCHOOL MODERN APPROACHES TO PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAM: TEACHER’S OPINIONS
OKUL ÖNCESİ ÇAĞDAŞ YAKLAŞIMLARININ OKUL ÖNCESİ EĞİTİM PROGRAMINA YANSIMASI: ÖĞRETMEN GÖRÜŞLERİ

Author : Sevda KOÇ AKRAN -- İnci KOCAMAN GELİR
Number of pages : 269-280

Abstract

The main aim of this research is to determine the reflection of pre-school contemporary approaches on pre-school education programs according to teacher's views. The research is based on the relational screening model. The pre-school teachers working in the pre-school institutions affiliated to the province of Tatvan, Siirt and Van provinces in the province of Bitlis in the academic year 2017-2018; the sample is composed of kindergarten and kindergarten teachers selected by random sampling method in these educational institutions. "Contemporary Approaches to the Pre-school Education Curriculum", which consists of 30 subjects will be used as a means of collecting the data of the researchers and the opinions of the experts developed by the Koç Akran (2017) is consulted and corrected accordingly. In the analysis of the data, Mann-Whitney U test was used for items without normal distribution and Kruskal-Wallis-H test for the items with no normal distribution. According to the teachers in this study, the Montessori approach is similar to the other contemporary preschool education programmes such as High Scope and Reggio Emilia. The Montessori approach emphasizes the children own observations for learning, whereas in the Reggio Emilia approach children have freedom to explore their own interests and the High Scope one focuses on children’ s cognitive development. In the study pre-school contemporary approaches like Montessori ve Reggio Emilia have been concluded the result that make more reflection on education programs

Keywords

Education, School, Pre - School, Modern Approach

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