Naslov
Attitudes and competences of preschool teachers in working with children with behavioral problems- Curriculum point of view

Autori
Maglica, Toni ; Iskra Tomić Kaselj

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

Izvornik
30th EECERA ANNUAL CONFERENCE- Democratic Early Childhood Pedagogies / - : EECERA, 2021, 122-122

Skup
30th EECERA Annual Conference: Democratic Early Childhood Pedagogies: Online Festival

Mjesto i datum
Online, 01.09.2021. - 17.09.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
behavioral problems, early years, teacher competences, Curriculum, children well-being

Sažetak
This paper aims to research the attitudes and competences of preschool teachers in working with children with behavioral problems, and their compliance with the National Curriculum for Early and Preschool Education (Curriculum). Various studies show the prevalence of behavioral problems at early ages from 9 to 12% (Benedict, Horner & Squires, 2007 ; Mian et al., 2012). Research on this issue in Croatia is not systematic and comprehensive. One of the rare with 5- year-olds finds that 10.3% of children demonstrate a serious risk for some mental disorder (Boricevic Marsanic et al., 2017). Starting points of the research are theory of social pedagogy and the Curriculum (2014). Understanding paradigm, quantitative methodology, descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and content analysis were used. The survey was conducted in an online questionnaire (sample of 82 adults), anonymously and voluntarily. It was based on a qualitative and quantitative research paradigm. Results show that teachers estimate an average of 3.6 children with behavioral problems in their groups currently. Almost everyone considers it very important to have knowledge and competences to work with children with behavioral problems, evaluate their personal competences as mediocre and are highly motivated to improve in this field. Teachers show that they often encourage themes from Curriculum that focus on wellbeing and show higher results in the themes related to the acceptance of themselves and others. Although the results support the Curriculum as a good practice background, the results imply an additional need to expand teachers' knowledge and competences to work with children with behavioral problems.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija, Pedagogija, Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijske znanosti, Socijalne djelatnosti, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti

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