Preschool Teacher Candidates’ Opinions on the Teaching of Children’s Rights

dc.creator	Seviye NESLİTÜRK
dc.creator	A. Figen ERSOY
dc.date	2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:16:54Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:16:54Z
dc.identifier	1304-9496
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a219c9e66ca347dfbc4c19cfdd8434ce
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/25938
dc.description	The main purpose of this study is to measure and evaluate the opinions of preschool teacher candidates towards the teaching practices that they have developed for teaching children’s rights to the students. Thirteen volunteer senior students studying at Anadolu University Faculty of Education, Department of Primary Education Preschool Teaching Training Program, participated in the presentstudy. The data were gathered through semi-structured interviews conducted with teacher candidates and the gathered data were analyzed through the content analysis method. The results of the study revealed that the teacher candidates mainly made use of drama, mother tongue, and play activities while teaching children’s rights courses. Subsequent to practicing the teaching activities, participants stated that although it seemed difficult to practice the activities at initially, they easily managed to put them into practice and they observed that their students enjoyed practicing such activities. The preschool teacher candidates believe that children’s rights education in the preschool environment is helpful and desirable when they are presented in age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate ways.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Turkish
dc.publisher	Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
dc.relation	http://eku.comu.edu.tr/index/3/2/snesliturk_afigenersoy.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1304-9496
dc.source	Journal of Theory and Practice in Education, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp 245-257 (2007)
dc.subject	preschool education
dc.subject	teaching children’s rights
dc.subject	teacher candidates
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Preschool Teacher Candidates’ Opinions on the Teaching of Children’s Rights
dc.type	article