Beginning early childhood education teachers' problems in Turkey
1st World Conference on Learning, Teaching and Administration (WCLTA), Cairo, Mısır, 29 - 31 Ekim 2010, cilt.9, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
- Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
- Cilt numarası: 9
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.12.254
- Basıldığı Şehir: Cairo
- Basıldığı Ülke: Mısır
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Beginning teachers, reality schock, teacher education program
- Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The purpose of this paper is to explain problems of beginning early childhood education teachers in Turkey and how could teacher education programs be improved in order to reduce these difficulties. The general complaints of a novice teacher, mostly, resulted from the discrepancy between the teacher training and the actual teaching experience. Another problem that beginning teachers might encounter originated from regional differences. In some parts, beginning teachers find themselves in a situation that they have to teach children who cannot speak Turkish. Finally, most of the provincial universities are struggling with lack of qualified academic staff. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.