Czech preschool teachers' contrasting beliefs about inquiry-based activities

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.eriesjournal.com/index.php/eries/article/view/536" target="_blank" >https://www.eriesjournal.com/index.php/eries/article/view/536</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2022.150303" target="_blank" >10.7160/eriesj.2022.150303</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Czech preschool teachers' contrasting beliefs about inquiry-based activities

Original language description

Using a self-reporting measure, the study examined IBA-related beliefs of Czech preschool teachers (n = 1,004). In addition, it explored the beliefs of teachers who strongly agreed (n = 564) and those who strongly disagreed (n = 67) with the implementation of IBA in preschool classes. The findings show that teachers within the full sample, as well as those within the contrasting subsamples, hold considerably strong beliefs about the potential of IBA for children &apos; s cognitive development. At the same time, teachers are aware of the challenges associated with implementing IBA. Teachers who strongly favour IBA have significantly stronger beliefs in the benefits that IBA bring to children and also have stronger beliefs about the knowledge and skills teachers need for IBA planning and implementation than has the group that strongly rejects IBA. In contrast, teachers who strongly reject IBA have stronger beliefs that IBA cause problems in preschool classes. The group of teachers who strongly favour IBA have higher levels of education and fewer years of practice than the contrasting group. They are mostly younger teachers who received a modern professional education and who are more open to newer instructional strategies such as IBA.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science

ISSN

2336-2375

e-ISSN

1803-1617

Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

156-167

UT code for WoS article

000868601400003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85139260371