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Adaptation and Validation of the Parent Engagement in Early Childhood Education Survey for the Turkish Context Kaya, Ümit Ünsal; Demircan, Hasibe Özlen; Altun, Dilek (2024-09-01) Parental engagement, characterized by mutual expectations, dialogues about needs, comprehension of communicated messages, and proactive responsiveness, plays a pivotal role in shaping early childhood education outcomes. Co...
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Views, Knowledge, and Self-Reported Practices of Early Childhood Educators: Sociocultural Theory’s Practicability Peker, Canan; Akcabağ, Esra; Tonga Çabuk, Funda Eda (2024-06-01) 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 tradition...
Determinants of Turkish Parents’ Involvement in Early Childhood Education: The Roles of Role Activity and Self-Efficacy Beliefs for Involvement ÇETİN, MUSTAFA; Demircan, Hasibe Özlen (2024-01-01) This study aimed to investigate the associations between contextual and demographic factors influencing parental involvement in education and the levels of parent involvement in education, specifically addressing the possi...
Perceived instrumentality of early childhood education: parents’ valued future goals for their children ÇETİN, MUSTAFA; Eren, Altay; Çetin, Güler; Demircan, Hasibe Özlen (2024-01-01) Adopting an integrative grounded theory approach, this study aimed to uncover parents’ perceptions of instrumentality regarding early childhood education within the scope of their children’s academic skills, social-emotion...
Brick classroom & Block classroom: preschoolers’ spatial and architectural design skills during constructive play Akdemir, Kadriye; Sevimli Çelik, Serap (2024-01-01) Constructive play, where children manipulate materials to create and build something, is a prevalent form of play in preschool settings. Children can greatly benefit from engaging in constructive play, specifically by deve...
Questioning as an instructional method: Exploring beliefs and reported practices of early childhood educators Inönü, Gamze Nur; Demircan, Hasibe Özlen (2023-12-01) 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 ...

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