A Croatian Study of Practitioners' and Kindergarten Teacher Students' Opinions of Their Role in Children's Lives

Autor/inn/en	Miljevic-Ridicki, Renata; Pahic, Tea; Šaric, Marija
Titel	A Croatian Study of Practitioners' and Kindergarten Teacher Students' Opinions of Their Role in Children's Lives
Quelle	In: Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 3 (2013) 2, S.51-69 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1855-9719
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preschool Children; Kindergarten; Teacher Education; Teacher Educators; Preschool Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Motivation; Satisfaction; Expectation; Questionnaires; Teacher Role; Teaching Conditions; Croatia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Teacher education; Education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Zufriedenheit; Expectancy; Erwartung; Fragebogen; Lehrerrolle; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Kroatien
Abstract	In the project "Methods and Models in the Education of Preschool Children in Kindergartens" conducted at the Faculty of Teacher Education in Zagreb, we were interested in practitioners' and kindergarten teacher students' opinions, motivation, satisfaction, expectations and attitudes with regard to their work. Two open-ended questions regarding the role of the kindergarten teacher in children's lives, were set as a separate mini-questionnaire. For the purposes of this particular study, practitioners (N = 69) and first-year university kindergarten teacher students (N = 65) had to complete two sentences: "Children are like…because …" and "Kindergarten teachers are like… because…." Their responses were content analysed and then compared. Analysis shows that both students and kindergarten teachers perceive children in a very positive way and evaluate their job as highly valuable. They also highly value their role in children's lives (as another parent, teacher, helper, model, safe haven, etc.). The most significant difference between practising teachers and students is their perception of working conditions, where students show a more idealistic approach. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education. University of Ljubljana Kardeljeva plošcad 16. Slovenia. Tel: +386-1-5892-344; e-mail: editors@cepsj.si; Web site: http://www.cepsj.si/doku.php?id=en:cepsj
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01