Stajyer Okul Öncesi Öğretmenlerinin Yaşadıkları Zorluklar ve Öğretmen Adaylarının Kaygıları

Bu çalışmanın amacı okul öncesi öğretmen adaylarının öğretmenliğe başlamadan önceki kaygıları ve stajyer öğretmenlerin mesleklerinin ilk yılında karşılaştıkları zorlukları nitel bir çalışma ile incelemektir. Amerika’nın güneydoğusunda bulunan bir bölgedeki beş stajyer öğretmen ve beş okul öncesi eğitim son sınıf öğrencisi ile yarı yapılandırılmış derinlemesine görüşmeler yapılmıştır. Bütün görüşmeler ses kayıt cihazı ile kaydedilmiş ardından kelimesi kelimesine deşifre edilmiştir. Veriler Creswell'in (2007) önerdiği yöntemlerle analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmanın bulguları göstermiştir ki okul öncesi eğitim son sınıf öğrencileri gelecekteki mesleklerinde kendilerini bekleyen güçlüklerin farkındalar ve bunların üstesinden gelmek için bazı önlemler almaktadırlar. Stajyer öğretmenler ise küçük çocuklara eğitim vermenin beklentilerinden çok daha zor olduğunu ifade etmişlerdir. Yaşadıkları zorluklar öğretmen eğitim programından, yetersiz aile desteğinden ve eğitim verdikleri grubun yaşının çok küçük olmasından kaynaklanmaktadır. Fakat bu çalışmaya katılan öğretmenlerin motivasyonları çok yüksek olduğundan eğer okul yönetiminden ve meslektaşlarından yeterince destek alırlarsa mesleklerinin ilk yılında karşılaştıkları güçlükleri kolayca aşabilecek durumdadırlar.

Novice Early Childhood Education Teachers' Challenges and Intern Teachers' Concerns

The purpose of this study is to shed more light into intern early childhood education teachers’ concerns before entering teaching profession and novice teachers’ challenges in their first years of teaching. In order to achieve this task, semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with five novice teachers and five intern teachers in a district in the southeast of the United States. All interviews audio recorded then transcribed verbatim. The researcher utilized qualitative methodology for this study. Findings revealed that intern teachers were well aware of difficulties that they might encounter in their future profession and they took some precautions to cope with them. Novice teachers on the other hand declared that teaching young children is harder than their initial expectations. Their challenges were originated from teacher education program, lack of parental support, and teaching very young age groups. Nevertheless, teachers’ motivation was really high in this study and if they receive support from school principal and colleagues they easily overcome difficulties that they faced in their first years of teaching.

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