Child and Childhood: Preschool Teacher Candidates Reporting

The purpose of the study is to understand the first-year preschool teacher education students’ perceptions of child and childhood and to examine their child and childhood beliefs and child perceptions from social and historical viewpoints. This was a phenomenological study of the qualitative resear...

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Main Authors: Zeynep Berna Erdiller-Yatmaz, Ersoy Erdemir, Fetiye Erbil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Anı Publishing 2018-10-01
Series:Eğitimde Nitel Araştırmalar Dergisi
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Online Access:https://enadonline.com/index.php/enad/article/view/1510
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author Zeynep Berna Erdiller-Yatmaz
Ersoy Erdemir
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description The purpose of the study is to understand the first-year preschool teacher education students’ perceptions of child and childhood and to examine their child and childhood beliefs and child perceptions from social and historical viewpoints. This was a phenomenological study of the qualitative research approaches conducted with 16 undergraduate students enrolled in the preschool teacher education program of a state university. All participants were first-year students. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews that included semi-structured questions and were analyzed in order by open coding, axial coding and selective coding (Strauss & Corbin, 1998). Findings are presented under 5 major sub-headings; (1) Participants definitions of child and childhood regarding their own childhood, (2) adjectives with regard to childhood, (3) child adult dichotomy, (4) the concept of ideal child, and (5) their resources of perceptions of childhood. Findings are discussed within the context of childhood and education in light of the relevant social and historical literature.
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spelling doaj.art-73b2c23f0c0242ffb1ca59693aa5ead42023-02-15T16:19:32ZengAnı PublishingEğitimde Nitel Araştırmalar Dergisi2148-26242018-10-016310.14689/issn.2148-2624.1.6c3s14mChild and Childhood: Preschool Teacher Candidates ReportingZeynep Berna Erdiller-YatmazErsoy ErdemirFetiye Erbil The purpose of the study is to understand the first-year preschool teacher education students’ perceptions of child and childhood and to examine their child and childhood beliefs and child perceptions from social and historical viewpoints. This was a phenomenological study of the qualitative research approaches conducted with 16 undergraduate students enrolled in the preschool teacher education program of a state university. All participants were first-year students. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews that included semi-structured questions and were analyzed in order by open coding, axial coding and selective coding (Strauss & Corbin, 1998). Findings are presented under 5 major sub-headings; (1) Participants definitions of child and childhood regarding their own childhood, (2) adjectives with regard to childhood, (3) child adult dichotomy, (4) the concept of ideal child, and (5) their resources of perceptions of childhood. Findings are discussed within the context of childhood and education in light of the relevant social and historical literature. https://enadonline.com/index.php/enad/article/view/1510Childchildhoodperception of childperception of childhoodpreschoolearly childhood education
spellingShingle Zeynep Berna Erdiller-Yatmaz
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Child and Childhood: Preschool Teacher Candidates Reporting
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childhood
perception of child
perception of childhood
preschool
early childhood education
title Child and Childhood: Preschool Teacher Candidates Reporting
title_full Child and Childhood: Preschool Teacher Candidates Reporting
title_fullStr Child and Childhood: Preschool Teacher Candidates Reporting
title_full_unstemmed Child and Childhood: Preschool Teacher Candidates Reporting
title_short Child and Childhood: Preschool Teacher Candidates Reporting
title_sort child and childhood preschool teacher candidates reporting
topic Child
childhood
perception of child
perception of childhood
preschool
early childhood education
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