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Nowak-Fabrykowski, Krystyna; Dinçer, F. Çaglayan; Sen, Müge – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
The goal of this research is to compare curricular expectations regarding caring behaviour in the USA and Turkey and to analyse the practical implication by investigating boys' and girls' caring behaviour. Conceptual framework of this research is underpinned in philosophical ideals of ethics of care and is grounded in theories stressing the…
Descriptors: Males, Females, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Karaaslan, Ozcan; Mahoney, Gerald – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
A randomized control study was conducted to evaluate Responsive Teaching (RT) with a sample of 15 Turkish preschool aged children with Down syndrome (DS) and their mothers over a six-month period of time. RT is an early intervention curriculum that attempts to promote children's development by encouraging parents to engage in highly responsive…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Down Syndrome, Preschool Children, Mothers
Gülay Ogelman, Hülya; Seçer, Zarife; Önder, Alev – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2013
The purpose of this study is to analyze the ability of preschool children to take on a perspective, based on their self-perception and gender. A relational survey method was used, with 124 children between ages 5 and 6 participating--74 girls (59.7%) and 50 boys (40.3%). The Self-Perception Scale for Children and Perspective-Taking Test was…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Perspective Taking, Skill Analysis, Gender Differences
Karaaslan, Ozcan; Diken, Ibrahim H.; Mahoney, Gerald – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2013
A randomized control study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of responsive teaching (RT) with a sample of 19 Turkish preschool-age children with disabilities and their mothers over a 6-months period. RT is an early intervention curriculum that attempts to promote children's development by encouraging parents to engage in highly…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Control Groups, Mothers
Sigirtmac, Ayperi Dikici – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
Many studies propose that chess is a game requiring cognitive skills and has positive effects on mental development. In recent years, chess training has also been emphasised as important during the early childhood period. However, no studies have been done with six-year-old children. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Development, Gender Differences, Games
Sackes, Mesut – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine parents' and early childhood teachers' perceptions of the priorities for developmental areas targeted in the Turkish Early Childhood Education Curriculum for children aged 36-72 months. The sample of this study consisted of 1600 parents and 158 early childhood teachers. The study utilized a survey research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum, Child Development
Kandir, Adalet; Yurt, Ozlem; Cevher Kalburan, Nilgun – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
It has been aimed to compare the environmental attitudes of teachers and teacher candidates and to present the importance of environmental education in teacher training. The sample of the research includes 605 final year students attending undergraduate programs of pre-school education and child development education in the universities of Konya,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Student Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Correlation

Zembat, Rengin; Kuday, Fatma Servet – Gifted Education International, 2010
This study aims to examine the effects of Family Supported Preschool Education programs on the development of preschool children. By measuring the effects of family-supported preschool education on cognitive development, this study helps support alternative methods of making preschool education more widespread. The study uses the experimental…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Child Development, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
Jakel, Julia; Scholmerich, Axel; Kassis, Wassilis; Leyendecker, Birgit – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2011
Studies comparing associations between early literacy related activities and developmental outcome among ethnically diverse groups of children are scarce. The aims of this study were to: (a) document the differences in Turkish immigrant (n = 79) and German (n = 88) preschool children's home literacy environment (HLE), cognitive, and speaking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Child Development
Stoessel, Katharina; Titzmann, Peter F.; Silbereisen, Rainer K. – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2011
New experiences, challenges, and opportunities inherent in biographical transitions are expected to foster the psychosocial development of individuals. Our study investigated, first, developmental gains in children's language competence, social support seeking, and self control following the transitions to kindergarten and school; second, whether…
Descriptors: Child Development, Psychological Patterns, Social Development, Immigrants
Kutlu, Mustafa – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2006
A modern and healthy society can be created only by bringing up the individuals of the society in a healthy way and according to the needs of the modern era. Thus, it is important to grow healthy children and young people. The first duty, which belongs to the family, is to make the children and the young people, who are the hope of the society and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Social Services