A New Technique in Preschool Education: Debate
Öz
This qualitative study was aimed to determine the effect of the in-class debate technique
on the development of preschool children which is not widely used in preschool education.
Thirteen children who are sixty to seventy-two month- old attending to a preschool were first
observed for two weeks whether they showed the selected characteristics of development in the
National Preschool Education Program. Then, for eight weeks, in-class presentations, trainings
and practices were done on the in-class debate technique by the researchers while observations
were done. Before and after the practices, semi-structured interviews were also done with the
classroom teacher related with supporting the development of children and her perception
about the in-class debate technique used in preschool. Since the beginning of the study, parents
who were informed and asked for their participation also reported the changes they observed
in their children during the in-class debate practices through parent forms prepared by the
researchers. For the evaluation of the total twelve-week study, the children were observed for
two more weeks and it was found out that in-class debate practices supported the children in the areas of cognitive, socio-emotional and language development. Taking the findings into
consideration, suggestions were provided for teachers, researchers and administrators who are
working in the undergraduate, graduate and in-service preschool teacher training programs.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Preschool education,debate,observation,interview,document analysis.
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