Examining the Relationship between Preschool Teachers’ Perceptions about Early Literacy and their Implementation Practices
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the relationship between preschool teachers’perceptions about language and early literacy practices and independent observations of theirimplementation of those practices in a classroom setting. Semi-structured interviews and classroomobservations were conducted with five preschool teachers who participated in an Early Reading First(ERF) program. The teachers were purposively selected based on differences in their level of fidelityimplementation of instructional practices. Three teachers were selected from high fidelity (HF) ofimplementation group and two teachers were chosen from low fidelity (LF) group. The three researchquestions were related to 1) teachers’ beliefs about the effect of ERF program on children’s earlyliteracy outcomes, 2) changes in teachers’ instructional behaviors resulting from ERF, and 3) teachers’beliefs about individualizing early literacy experiences according to children’s ages or developmentallevel. Based on the interview and observations, three themes were found: (a) importance ofpreschooler’s early literacy experiences, (b) changes in teaching behaviors, and (c) changes in earlyreading and writing instruction according to children’s ages or developmental level. Implications andlimitations were discussed in terms of using the information of teachers’ perceptions into professionaldevelopment training to increase teachers’ early literacy practices.
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the relationship between preschool teachers’perceptions about language and early literacy practices and independent observations of theirimplementation of those practices in a classroom setting. Semi-structured interviews and classroomobservations were conducted with five preschool teachers who participated in an Early Reading First(ERF) program. The teachers were purposively selected based on differences in their level of fidelityimplementation of instructional practices. Three teachers were selected from high fidelity (HF) ofimplementation group and two teachers were chosen from low fidelity (LF) group. The three researchquestions were related to 1) teachers’ beliefs about the effect of ERF program on children’s earlyliteracy outcomes, 2) changes in teachers’ instructional behaviors resulting from ERF, and 3) teachers’beliefs about individualizing early literacy experiences according to children’s ages or developmentallevel. Based on the interview and observations, three themes were found: (a) importance ofpreschooler’s early literacy experiences, (b) changes in teaching behaviors, and (c) changes in earlyreading and writing instruction according to children’s ages or developmental level. Implications andlimitations were discussed in terms of using the information of teachers’ perceptions into professionaldevelopment training to increase teachers’ early literacy practices.
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