Abstract :
Preschool is a period when basic developmental and pedagogical needs are supplied before primary school. In this process, the most basic requirements, which should be addressed, are affection and care. In this study, we aimed to investigate the aptitude of candidate preschool educators; their liking children which has great importance on children’s basic learning and in every developmental field. This study’s target population included faculty of education preschool teaching undergraduate students of Akdeniz University and Çukurova University in the 2011-2012 academic year. Sampling consisted of 610 teacher candidates, 320 from Akdeniz University, 290 from Çukurova University. As a measuring instrument, Barnett liking of children scale which was adapted by Duyan, Gelbal (2008), as developed by Barnett, Sinisi, (1990) to measure peoples’ attitude towards children was employed. Statistical methods, which are suitable for the features and structures of variables as parametric and non- parametric, are used for statistical analysis of the research. According to the results obtained from the study of children liking scores, the teachers gender, age and grade level were found to be factors.
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Liking children , preschool time , teacher characteristics , teacher , child
