Teacher-child interaction quality in early childhood education: the impact of teacher beliefs

dc.authoridCobanoglu, Rahime/0000-0003-4662-8920
dc.contributor.authorCobanoglu, Rahime
dc.contributor.authorCapa-Aydin, Yesim
dc.contributor.authorYildirim, Ali
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-23T19:35:17Z
dc.date.available2025-03-23T19:35:17Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentSinop Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the status of teacher-child interaction quality, the nature of teacher beliefs, and their relationship in the context of preschool classrooms in a metropolitan city in Turkey via a mixed-methods research design. Quantitative data were collected from 47 preschool teachers through teacher survey and structured classroom observation methods using the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS). In the qualitative dimension, semi-structured interviews were conducted with four preschool teachers, purposefully selected based on their CLASS scores. The results revealed that the overall quality of teacher-child interaction was 'average' in the classrooms. Preschool teachers were generally positive about their capabilities to teach and tended to espouse developmentally appropriate practice to a great extent, but these beliefs did not consistently align with the teacher-child interaction quality observed in their classrooms. The study highlights the critical need to bridge the gap between teachers' beliefs and practices to improve the quality of early childhood education.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis publication has been produced from the first author's doctoral dissertation.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis publication has been produced from the first author's doctoral dissertation.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03004279.2023.2260811
dc.identifier.issn0300-4279
dc.identifier.issn1475-7575
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85171753927
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2023.2260811
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11486/5833
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001068083000001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofEducation 3-13
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250323
dc.subjectTeacher-child interaction
dc.subjectCLASS
dc.subjectteacher beliefs
dc.subjectteacher self-efficacy
dc.subjectDAP
dc.titleTeacher-child interaction quality in early childhood education: the impact of teacher beliefs
dc.typeArticle

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