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Readiness for School, According to the Perspectives of Grade 1 Teachers and Parents
Abstract
In Turkey, every child who turned 72 months old are initiated elementary school without considering
individual differences and whether or not they had any pre-school education, but is every child who started school
mentally, socially-emotionally and physically ready to meet requirements of elementary school? Purpose of this
research is to determine skills and abilities required for the “school readiness” according to the Grade 1 teachers and
parents and reveal results of this situation related to pre-school education. This study was performed with 14 Grade 1
teachers who work in the private and public elementary schools of Konya city and with 13 parents. In research, semi-structured
interview was used in order to get perspectives of participants about the phenomenon of readiness level of
school that was consisted of open-ended questions. Raw data that were obtained through interviews have been
analyzed by using descriptive analysis technique. According to the findings of research, Grade 1 teachers of
elementary school described school readiness as “being matured to the ability required by the Grade 1 of elementary
school” and stated that this maturity depends on parallel development of social, emotional, mental and physical
aspects of child. Teachers also think that pre-school education must be compulsory for children to readily start
school.
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English
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Publication Date
September 1, 2014
Submission Date
September 1, 2014
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Year 2014 Volume: 7 Number: 3
APA
Koçyığıt, S., & Saban, A. (2014). Readiness for School, According to the Perspectives of Grade 1 Teachers and Parents. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences, 7(3), 322-341. https://izlik.org/JA87KE86RE
AMA
1.Koçyığıt S, Saban A. Readiness for School, According to the Perspectives of Grade 1 Teachers and Parents. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences. 2014;7(3):322-341. https://izlik.org/JA87KE86RE
Chicago
Koçyığıt, Sezai, and Ahmet Saban. 2014. “Readiness for School, According to the Perspectives of Grade 1 Teachers and Parents”. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences 7 (3): 322-41. https://izlik.org/JA87KE86RE.
EndNote
Koçyığıt S, Saban A (September 1, 2014) Readiness for School, According to the Perspectives of Grade 1 Teachers and Parents. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences 7 3 322–341.
IEEE
[1]S. Koçyığıt and A. Saban, “Readiness for School, According to the Perspectives of Grade 1 Teachers and Parents”, Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 322–341, Sept. 2014, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA87KE86RE
ISNAD
Koçyığıt, Sezai - Saban, Ahmet. “Readiness for School, According to the Perspectives of Grade 1 Teachers and Parents”. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences 7/3 (September 1, 2014): 322-341. https://izlik.org/JA87KE86RE.
JAMA
1.Koçyığıt S, Saban A. Readiness for School, According to the Perspectives of Grade 1 Teachers and Parents. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences. 2014;7:322–341.
MLA
Koçyığıt, Sezai, and Ahmet Saban. “Readiness for School, According to the Perspectives of Grade 1 Teachers and Parents”. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences, vol. 7, no. 3, Sept. 2014, pp. 322-41, https://izlik.org/JA87KE86RE.
Vancouver
1.Sezai Koçyığıt, Ahmet Saban. Readiness for School, According to the Perspectives of Grade 1 Teachers and Parents. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences [Internet]. 2014 Sep. 1;7(3):322-41. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA87KE86RE