Critical Thinking in Early Child Education and Care Level in Kosovo context
Session
Education and Development
Description
A kindergarten is not considered only a beautiful life experience for children, but also crucial preparatory stage for their future education. Experts of education believe that one of the most required skills to be taught besides the ability to understand, communicate and solve problems is the ability to think by reason, otherwise known as critical thinking. A vast amount of research highlights the importance of this skill in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), because of its lifelong benefits. Although fully recommended in the current curriculum in Kosovo, this issue has never been given enough attention. Therefore, this study aims to provide an insight of teacher perception of critical thinking in kindergarten level and to identify the current practices adopted by teachers among kinder-garden children. A pool of 120 kindergarten teachers engaged in urban and rural areas constituted the sample of the study. A 22-item teacher survey has been developed and distributed to subjects. The survey was designed to indicate teachers’ perception of critical thinking, their competence and application of critical thinking at kindergarten level.
Keywords:
Critical thinking, early child care, kindergarten.
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-50-5
Location
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Start Date
29-10-2022 12:00 AM
End Date
30-10-2022 12:00 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2022.296
Recommended Citation
Merovci, Syzane, "Critical Thinking in Early Child Education and Care Level in Kosovo context" (2022). UBT International Conference. 305.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2022/all-events/305
Critical Thinking in Early Child Education and Care Level in Kosovo context
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
A kindergarten is not considered only a beautiful life experience for children, but also crucial preparatory stage for their future education. Experts of education believe that one of the most required skills to be taught besides the ability to understand, communicate and solve problems is the ability to think by reason, otherwise known as critical thinking. A vast amount of research highlights the importance of this skill in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), because of its lifelong benefits. Although fully recommended in the current curriculum in Kosovo, this issue has never been given enough attention. Therefore, this study aims to provide an insight of teacher perception of critical thinking in kindergarten level and to identify the current practices adopted by teachers among kinder-garden children. A pool of 120 kindergarten teachers engaged in urban and rural areas constituted the sample of the study. A 22-item teacher survey has been developed and distributed to subjects. The survey was designed to indicate teachers’ perception of critical thinking, their competence and application of critical thinking at kindergarten level.