In the early childhood period children's decision-making processes


YILDIZ DEMİRTAŞ V., SUCUOĞLU H.

World Conference on Educational Sciences, Nicosia, CYPRUS, 4 - 07 February 2009, vol.1, pp.2317-2326 identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 1
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.407
  • City: Nicosia
  • Country: CYPRUS
  • Page Numbers: pp.2317-2326
  • Keywords: Active learning, decision-making processes, early childhood education, un experience teacher and experience teacher
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

One of the aims of the early childhood education is to equip children with the necessities of the changing and developing world. To be able to adapt to the fast changing and developing world, decision-making is a crucial life skill; for it has been seen that children have been frequently confronting situations of making decisions in their daily lives like the adults. Active learning teaches children the decision-making process related to learning and enables this process to work actively. Since there is interaction in the basis of active learning, it enables children to take some decisions relevant to learning process and to use their own intellectual construction. The period of time that a child is engaged in the active learning work is important for the development of decision-making process.