Questioning as an instructional method: Exploring beliefs and reported practices of early childhood educators

Inönü G. N., Demircan H. Ö.

Teaching and Teacher Education, cilt.135, 2023 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 135
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.tate.2023.104351
  • Dergi Adı: Teaching and Teacher Education
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Psycinfo
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Instructional method, Question types, Questioning, Questioning cycle, Teaching method
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study aims to characterize educators’ beliefs and reported practices about the questioning method. For this purpose, 412 educators fulfilled questionnaire, and 21 educators were interviewed about their practices. The results showed that although educators believed in the necessity of planning questions and waiting after the question was asked, they did not practice them for reasons such as lack of experience, age appropriateness, and lack of knowledge about the topic. In addition, although the educators believed that open-ended questions should be asked, they also stated that they did not always ask such questions in their practices.