The Views of Preschool Pre-service Teachers, In-service Teachers and Parents on Pre-School Education of Values

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the opinions of preschool pre-service teachers, in-service teachers and parents on pre-school education of values. A survey method was used, in which the sample was determined by convenience sampling and consisted of 160 teachers employed in preschool institutions, 276 parents with at least one child attending pre-school education, and 304 preschool teacher candidates. Three written opinion forms including open-ended questions developed by the researchers were used, and data were analyzed using a descriptive analysis approach. The results showed that while parents regarded the main purpose of values education as

Effect of 5E learning cycle assisted with concept maps on conceptual understanding

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