الكاتب/ة الباحث/ة
Dr Fathi Ahmadieh
الناشر/المؤسسة
Routledge
تاريخ الإصدار
2019
الدولة
الأردن
The researchers conducting this study explored kindergarten teachers’
knowledge level of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) in early
years settings in Jordan. Data were collected from 180 kindergarten
teachers working in Amman Governorate. A 37-item questionnaire was
designed to reflect the concepts of DAP as presented in the National
Association for the Education of Young Children guidelines. Results
indicated that participating kindergarten teachers reported high
knowledge level of DAP. Moreover, the results revealed statistically
significant differences among kindergarten teachers based on some
study variables; kindergarten teachers with specialisation related to early
childhood education and with high academic qualification demonstrated
a higher level of DAP than their counterparts without. Implications are
also offered: they include developing early childhood teacher education
programmes to emphasise DAP in pre-and in-service teacher education
programmes.