Examination of the relation between viewpoints of preschool teaching students towards children and their attitude towards teaching

Ceylan S., ULUTAŞ İ., ÖMEROĞLU E.

World Conference on Educational Sciences, Nicosia, CYPRUS, 4 - 07 February 2009, vol.1, pp.2247-2251 identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 1
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.395
  • City: Nicosia
  • Country: CYPRUS
  • Page Numbers: pp.2247-2251
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This research intends to examine the relation between the viewpoints of preschool teaching students towards children and their attitude towards teaching. Workgroup of this research includes 222 sophomore and senior students who continue preschool education teaching program in Vocational Education Faculty of Gazi University, selected using the method of random sampling. In the research, "Personal Information Form", "Inventory for Viewpoint towards Children" developed by Uluta, Ceylan and Omeroglu (2007) and "Teaching Attitude Scale" devised by Cetin (1996) are used. The data of this research is analyzed by calculating the values of t test and correlation. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.