Abstract
The main purpose of this study is to reveal the view of preschool teachers who are in the first five years of the occupation about mentoring programs applied to them. To reveal the experiences and opinions of the teachers, the qualitative research design, phenomenology, was used. To determine the preschool teachers who are in the first 5 years of their occupation, criterion sampling from purposeful sampling methods was used. To achieve the purpose, the semi-structured interview form was applied to the teachers. The answers were analysed by using descriptive analysis approach. As a result, the teachers said that they have problems in communication and classroom management because both they are inexperienced and they are working with small age children. To overcome these problems, they develop their own ways mostly with trial and error. In addition, in the process of pre-service teachers’ education, they feel lonely. In the process, they do not take any help from any experienced teacher or any other helping resources. Also, they claim that the pre-service teacher trainings do not serve for the aim, and the process is just a formality. It is offered that teachers might be adapted to the profession with the help of special professional trainings and quality mentoring programs.
Highlights
Education is one of the most important criteria for a society’s quality
As it is known that the future of the society is in relation with the societies young members so it is relating with education and the teachers who are the practical applicators of education
Participant group of the study includes the pre-school teachers who are in the first 5 five years of their occupation and who are working in the public early childhood centres during 2017–2018 educational year
Summary
A person spends a considerable amount of time in the mainstream schools. The quality of the physical environment, the education, and the teachers in the mainstream schools has a critical impact on the person’s future life circumstances. Quality of the physical environment and education are related with the quality of the teachers. If teachers are received the high-quality material and nonmaterial resources, they might be able to have self-actualization. Self-actualized teachers become capable of enhancing all the factors they have impact on. As it is known that the future of the society is in relation with the societies young members so it is relating with education and the teachers who are the practical applicators of education. The value for the education and especially value for teachers shows the developmental level of the country (Gül, 2015)
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