Kindergarten Teachers' Representations for Their Socio-Cognitive Practices during the Natural Sciences Activities

Autor/inn/en	Draganoudi, Aikaterini; Kaliampos, George; Lavidas, Konstantinos
Titel	Kindergarten Teachers' Representations for Their Socio-Cognitive Practices during the Natural Sciences Activities
Quelle	In: Acta Didactica Napocensia, 14 (2021) 1, S.174-181 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2065-1430
Schlagwörter	Kindergarten; Preschool Teachers; Teaching Methods; Natural Sciences; Science Instruction; Social Cognition; Preschool Education; Foreign Countries; Educational Practices; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Naturwissenschaften; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Soziale Kognition; Ausland; Bildungspraxis; Griechenland
Abstract	The aim of the current paper is to investigate the traces of socio-cognitive influences in kindergarten teachers' representations about the practices they tend to follow when they develop Natural Sciences activities in kindergarten. A quantitative approach was used, with the research tool being an electronic questionnaire that was completed online by 94 kindergarten teachers served in public Kindergartens. The questionnaire was firstly used in a pilot survey where receiving feedback it was further developed for the main research. Research analysis showed that kindergarten teachers' representations concerning their teaching choices and actions of their students are characterized by practices that are influenced by the socio-cognitive teaching strategy. These practices are followed from both teachers and their students from moderate to large extent. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Babes-Bolyai University. Kogainiceanu 1, Cluj-Napoca, 400084 Romania. e-mail: submit_adn@yahoo.com; Web site: http://adn.teaching.ro
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01