A Study on the Pre-School Teachers’ Beliefs about Children’s Play at their Pre-school Aged Level.

Autor: Mustafa, Javed, Saleem, Zafar, Shahzada, Gulap
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Zdroj: Journal of Early Childhood Care & Education; 2023, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p99-122, 24p
Abstrakt: The research was carried on for exploring preschool teachers’ beliefs about children’s play at their pre-school aged level. Major objective of the study was to investigate preschool teachers’ beliefs about children’s play at their preschool aged level. All the 2713 primary school teachers, 1773 male and 940 female of district Karak, comprised the population of the study. At the rate of 35% of the population, total 950 teachers consisting 621 male and 329 female teachers were selected through random sampling techniques. The standardized Parent Play Belief Scale (PPBS) of five points Likert’s Scale ranging from Disagree =1 to agree = 5 very much was adapted. It was edited and modified keeping in view the local circumstances and was validated through Cronbach alpha and its value was 0.87. Data was analyzed through SPSS. Findings of the study were that male teachers had moderate level of positive beliefs and female teachers had low level of negative beliefs about students’ play at preschool aged level. There was significant difference between male and female teachers’ beliefs. Findings of this study may suggested the policy makers, curriculum developers and management for giving due attention to boost teachers’ beliefs regarding play at preschool aged level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index