Abstract
OKUL ÖNCESİ EĞİTİMİN İLKOKULDAKİ HAZIR BULUNUŞLUK ÜZERİNDEKİ ROLÜNÜN SINIF ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN GÖRÜŞLERİNE GÖRE İNCELENMESİ
This study was conducted to evaluate the school readiness levels of students with and without preschool education and to develop suggestions according to the results obtained. The population of the study consists of teachers who teach 1st grade of primary school in Zonguldak province in the 2022-2023 academic year. In the study, which consisted of 25 teachers, the interview form "The Role of Preschool Education on Readiness in Primary School" consisting of 9 questions was applied as a data collection tool. Participants' views on the effects of pre-school education on developmental areas, the deficiencies of pre-school education in preparing for primary school and the compulsory pre-school education were explained. It is known that there are students with and without pre-school education in the classes that almost all of the participants attended. The findings of the study revealed that there was a difference between the readiness levels of students who received and did not receive pre-school education, and that pre-school education positively affected the readiness level. As a result of the examination of teachers' opinions, it was stated that the cognitive, social-emotional, language, psychomotor and self-care skills of the students who received pre-school education were more developed among the students studying in the first grade of primary school compared to the students who did not receive pre-school education.
Keywords
Education, Preschool Education, School Readiness.
