Preparing Highly Qualified Pre-School Teacher Candidates in the Light of Total Quality Management

This research aimed to determine teacher qualification requirements of pre-schools implementing national and international pre-school programs in Turkey. Data were obtained from job vacancy advertisements of preschools published on the most popular job search sites, on the websites of pre-schools, a...

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Published inInternational journal of curriculum and instruction Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 728 - 750
Main Author Senol, Hülya
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published World Council for Curriculum and Instruction 2022
Subjects
Courses
Educational Attainment
Foreign Countries
Preschool Teachers
Preservice Teacher Education
Soft Skills
Teacher Characteristics
Teacher Competencies
Teacher Education Programs
Teaching Experience
Teaching Skills
Total Quality Management
Turkey
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Summary:This research aimed to determine teacher qualification requirements of pre-schools implementing national and international pre-school programs in Turkey. Data were obtained from job vacancy advertisements of preschools published on the most popular job search sites, on the websites of pre-schools, and in newspapers. A total of 237 pre-school teacher job vacancy advertisements were collected between August 2020-May 2021 and analyzed with the Document Analysis method. Teacher qualification requirements of the pre-schools were categorized as socio-demographic features, duration of teaching experience, education level, soft and hard skills. Research data may shed light on educational faculties in process of updating and improving their pre-school teaching undergraduate programs. Also, pre-school teachers and candidate teachers can evaluate themselves based on the requirements of pre-schools, see their strong and weak points, and try to improve their weak points to become qualified teachers highly sought by all pre-schools. It is highly recommended to do similar research in other countries to empower future teachers.
ISSN:1562-0506