Naslov
Early childhood teachers' competence for partnerships with parents

Autori
Višnjić Jevtić, Adrijana ; Visković, Ivana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Happines, relationships, emotion and deep level learning / Gray, C. - Dublin : European Eraly Childhood Education Research Association /EECERA ; Stranmillis University College, 2016, 265-265

ISBN
978-953-55413-0-1

Skup
26th EECERA Annual Conference Happines, relationships, emotion and deep level learning

Mjesto i datum
Dublin, Irska, 31.08.2016. - 01.09.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
ECE teachers; partnerships; parents; competence; instrument

Sažetak
Teachers should be competent for establishing quality relationships with parents, so it is important to develop an instrument for esearching their competence in this professional field. Research aim was to develop the tool for measuring their competence. Many researchers discuss competences ECE teachers should have to establish satisfying partnerships with parents of their students. Competence is seen as a sum of knowledge, skills and attitudes. Attitudes are seen as the most significant problem in establishing partnerships. The competence for cooperation with parents could be defined as a sum of relational, communicational and contextual competence(Kirschenbaum, 2001). Teachers should have knowledge of the parental role, positive attitude to parents, listening and counselling skills and skills for involving parents (Swick & McKnight, 1989 ; Hornby 2011). Instrument for this research was based on ''The Partnership Scale'' (Giallourakis, 2002). Self-evaluation of teachers' competence for cooperation with parents were conducted with 35 ECE teachers in Croatia. Research was done according to appropriate ethical standards. The aim was to develop the instrument so it undertook a testing of reliability and saturation. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for all variables showed a high reliability in the range: .923 to .971. Factor analysis was determined by high saturation for all particles of a variable. Therefore, the instrument was appropriate for measuring teachers' competence for partnerships with parents. Although the sample is small, it included all aspects of the population. The used instrument could be used as the standardized tool test for measuring teachers' competence for cooperation with parents.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija

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