Impact of Distance Professional Development Course on Early Childhood Teacher’s Knowledge, Skills, and Beliefs on Self-Regulation

Authors : Betül Atmaca, Hatice Gözde Ertürk Kara

Pages : 1-11

Doi:10.53850/joltida.1301612

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Publication Date : 2024-07-10

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aims to evaluate the impact of a distance professional development course, within the framework of the Preschool Situational Self-Regulation Program (PRSIST), on the knowledge, beliefs, and skills of early childhood education teachers about self-regulation skills. One of the qualitative methods, the case study, was preferred for the current study. The research was conducted with 5 early childhood education teachers, working in a city in middle Anatolia, Turkey. The teachers attended the synchronous distance professional development course 1 day a week for 5 weeks. The total duration of the five sessions was 120 minutes. Interview forms, reflective journals, and documents were used as data collection tools. As a result of the research, it was found that the course had positive impact on teachers\' knowledge, skills, and beliefs about self-regulation skills.
Keywords : early childhood education, self regulation, professional development, distance pd course, preschool teachers