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The promotion of self-directed learning in Pre-school: Reflection on teachers' professional practice
- Source :
- Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences. 16:2336-2352
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Birlesik Dunya Yenilik Arastirma ve Yayincilik Merkezi, 2021.
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Abstract
- A learning environment that offers the opportunity for the child to explore the world, express him/herself and use everyday life as a learning experience forms the basis for a child’s self-directed learning. This research’s objective is to discover the determining factors of the child's self-directed learning, revealing the challenges faced by the teachers in organizing self-directed learning process. This is a phenomenological research study, designed as a mixed sequential qualitative and quantitative study, which implies a qualitative processing of the initial data. 150 teachers from different regions and cities of Latvia completed the survey. The interviews were conducted with seven participants. In this study, 50 self-assessments of pre-school teachers were analysed focusing on the quality of their professional activity. We discovered a shift in teachers' understanding of their professional pedagogical activity, its content and implementation methods related to metacognitive abilities, in order to effectively plan, organize and evaluate their pedagogical strategies. Keywords: pre-school; child's self-directed learning; teaching.
Details
- ISSN :
- 1305905X
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........9a0c6b1fbfe162000e950f57fec3d895