A study on the current situation and factors influencing the professional commitment of private kindergarten teachers

This study investigated the professional commitment of kindergarten teachers in a private kindergarten located in Jinan,Shandong Province,China.The research employed a questionnaire and utilized correlation analysis to examine the factors influencing the professional commitment of private kindergarten teachers.The findings revealed that the overall level of career commitment among private kindergarten teachers was moderately low.Among the three dimensions of professional commitment,namely,continuance commitment,affective commitment,and normative commitment,the affective commitment dimension exhibited a relatively high level,whereas the continuance commitment and normative commitment dimensions showed relatively low levels.Significant differences in professional commitment levels were observed based on teacher age,education level,age of children,salary,and class size.However,no significant differences were found based on teacher specialty,position,and teaching experience.

A Feasibility Study of Professional Development of Rural Kindergarten Teachers under the Background of"Campus Cooperation"

The successful experience of cooperation between universities and kindergartens at home and abroad can be applied to thecooperative practice between universities and rural kindergartens, which will be helpful to the professional development of RuralKindergartens and the healthy growth of rural kindergartens. In this paper, the state's current policies, advanced theoreticalresearch results at home and abroad and the status quo of rural preschool education were investigated and analyzed. Universitiesand rural kindergartens are expected to establish a good partnership, which is expected to promote rural preschool teachers toachieve better and faster professional growth, and promote the rapid and healthy development of rural preschool education.

The Discontinuity of Kindergarten Teachers＇ Growth——Analysis Based on Bollnow＇ s Thoughts of ＂Discontinuous Education＂

The discontinuous educational thoughts of Bollnow have provided a new perspective for our exploring the growth of Kindergarten teachers and We can rethink the drawbacks of linear development and static thinking with it. Kindergarten teachers＇ growth is the unity of continuity and discontinuity. ＂Crisis＂, ＂encounter＂, ＂awaking＂ and ＂exhortation＂ all can break off the continuity of professional growth of kindergarten teachers, put kindergarten teachers＇ growth into the stage of discontinuity, promote the kindergarten teachers to make a positive self adjustment in shocks, and open up a new stage for kindergarten teachers＇ growth. In order to promote kindergarten teachers＇ active self adjustment in shock, and impel kindergarten teachers to step out oftheir＂comfort zone＂, preschool teachers should try their best to overcome the tendency of＂comfort zone＂ and strengthen the spirit of reflection. The kindergarten should create a rich and colorful cultural environment, and establish a cooperative research community for kindergarten teachers.

A Survey Study of Kindergarten Teachers’Use of ChatGPT to Support Instructional Design

With the rapid development of information technology,Artificial Intelligence(AI)is gradually applied to a wide range of fields,especially the powerful ability of ChatGPT to bring infinite possibilities for education,but teachers’attitudes toward using it are not yet clear.The study investigates the use of ChatGPT by kindergarten teachers to support instructional design using questionnaires and interviews to explore the attitudes and perceptions of kindergarten teachers toward its use.The results indicate that kindergarten teachers hold positive preferences for technology acceptance,perceived self-efficacy,and learning attitudes toward using ChatGPT for instructional design.Meanwhile,the study argues that more research is needed in the future to focus on how kindergarten teachers can aptly use ChatGPT to improve the quality of instruction in realistic instructionenvironments.

Pakistani Teachers’ Perceptions of Kindergarten Children’s Learning: An Exploration of Understanding and Practice

This paper considers perceptions of children’s learning and classroom practice to support learning in the Pakistani early years educational context.In Pakistan,there is a growing focus on quality provision of early childhood education and building early childhood education teacher capacity.Over the course of one academic year,data were collected from kindergarten teachers in a Pakistani urban school through interviews and classroom observations as part of a larger study.Findings presented in this paper are based on the interview data of two teachers in the sample,a novice and an experienced teacher.Data analysis examined their perceptions of kindergarten children’s learning and of their practice to support kindergarten children’s learning,taking into consideration the gender perspective.The results showed tensions in the teachers’perceptions which contrasted between a constructivist approach and a teacher-directed skills approach.Perceptions of their practice reflected a formal,teacher-directed approach rather than a constructivist approach and a teacher-directed skills approach to teaching.Several factors,including deep-rooted perceptions as well as curriculum structure,time,number of staff and resources,contributed to this.