Worksheets in Early Childhood Education: A Dilemma for Teachers and Pre-Service Teachers
Volume 8 Issue 3 (July 2023)
Zeynep Ceren Şimşek
Pages: 459-474 Download Count : 981 View Count: 935 DOI Number 10.24331/ijere.1233127 Facebook Twitter Share on Google+
Abstract:
The study aimed to determine the opinions of preschool teachers and preservice teachers on the use of worksheets within the scope of literacy preparation practices. It was conducted with 30 preschool teachers and 30 preservice preschool teachers. Under the guidance of the research questions, it has been determined that there are differences in the purposes, reasons, and ways of using the worksheets of the teachers and preservice teachers. According to this, teachers used writing sheets more, while preservice teachers avoided book studies and worksheets. As a result of the content analysis, 4 themes emerged to discuss the rationales prompting the use of worksheets by the participants and rationales preventing the use of the worksheets. These themes are conceptualized as effects on academic skills, effects on social life skills, effects on motor skills, and effects on parents.
Keywords
- Early childhood education
- early childhood literacy
- early literacy