Views, Knowledge, and Self-Reported Practices of Early Childhood Educators: Sociocultural Theory’s Practicability

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2024-06-01

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Peker, Canan
Akcabağ, Esra
Tonga Çabuk, Funda Eda

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Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory is a well-known theory that focuses on the cognitive development by combining it with a social perspective. In the literature, Sociocultural Theory is seen as an alternative to the traditional theories of cognitive development in early childhood education. Teachers' perceptions of the theory may be important in the children's learning process. The current study aims to investigate the views, knowledge, and self-reported practices of early childhood educators regarding the practicability of Vygotsky’s Sociocultural theory. Phenomenological research design, as a qualitative research method, is applied. The data is collected through semi-structured interviews with early childhood educators who worked in private kindergartens in Ankara, and convenience sampling is used to reach the participants. Two researchers analyzed the data with the thematic analysis method. The findings show that although participants used some of the implications of the theory, they do not have explicit information about the implications, especially about the scaffolding and peer learning. It is recommended that more support and training regarding the theory, especially peer learning and scaffolding, should be offered to the in-service teachers.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/111289

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