Cypriot Pre-Service Kindergarten Teachers' Beliefs about and Practices of Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Education

Autor/inn/en	Sakellariou, Maria; Rentzou, Konstantina
Titel	Cypriot Pre-Service Kindergarten Teachers' Beliefs about and Practices of Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Education
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 181 (2011) 10, S.1381-1396 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2010.531132
Schlagwörter	Early Childhood Education; Young Children; Foreign Countries; Developmentally Appropriate Practices; Kindergarten; Teacher Attitudes; Preschool Teachers; Correlation; Preservice Teachers; Student Attitudes; Educational Philosophy; Classroom Techniques; Prediction; Teaching Methods; Educational Policy; Cyprus + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Frühe Kindheit; Ausland; Entwicklungsbezogene Bildung; Lehrerverhalten; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Korrelation; Schülerverhalten; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Klassenführung; Vorhersage; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Zypern
Abstract	Beliefs are said to affect the pedagogical practice one employs. Considering the potentially important influence of teachers' beliefs on their practices, the level of early childhood teachers' beliefs about developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) and the relationship between their beliefs and practices are regarded as important topics of study in early childhood education (ECE). This study was designed in order to examine Cypriot pre-service kindergarten teachers' self-reported beliefs and practices related to the National Association for the Education of Young Children's (NAEYC) policy statement for DAPs. DAP is widely endorsed by early childhood education and care professionals in the USA and is assumed to have far-reaching impact on curricular beliefs and practices throughout the world. Research results indicated that Cypriot students endorse DAPs more in their philosophy than in their classroom practices. Further substantiating previous research results, the present data suggest that students' beliefs predict their practices. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10