TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Effect of Preschool Teachers' Engagement in Collaborative Professional Practices on Pedagogical Practices
AU  - Tunç, Yunus
AU  - Sağlam, Mehmet
AU  - Çelik, Osman Tayyar
PY  - 2024
DA  - January
Y2  - 2023
DO  - 10.24106/kefdergi.1426747
JF  - Kastamonu Education Journal
JO  - Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi
PB  - Kastamonu Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2147-9844
SP  - 193
EP  - 200
VL  - 32
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - Purpose: Preschool teachers are crucial in meeting children's needs and supporting their learning and development. This study explored the link between preschool teachers' engagement in collaborative professional practices and their pedagogical practices to meet children's needs. Design/Methodology/Approach: This research used survey data from 1546 preschool teachers in Turkey who took part in the TALIS Starting Strong Survey 2018 by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling were used for data analysis.  Findings: The findings indicated that preschool teachers' engagement in collaborative professional practices positively predicted their pedagogical practices regarding children's needs. Furthermore, engagement in collaborative professional practices accounted for approximately 7% of the variance in pedagogical practice. Highlights: These results provide compelling evidence for the positive impact of teachers' collaborative professional learning on their pedagogical practices, which in turn can contribute to children's learning and development in preschool education. Collaborative professional practices in preschool education effectively support children's learning and development.
KW  - Preschool education
KW  - Collaborative professional learning
KW  - Pedagogical practices
CR  - Yuan, K. H., Bentler, P. M., & Zhang, W. (2005). The effect of skewness and kurtosis on mean and covariance structure analysis: The univariate case and its multivariate implication. Sociological Methods & Research, 34(2), 240-258.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.1426747
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3688186
ER  -