The views of preschool teachers and mothers regarding the school adaptation process of children

Abstract

It was aimed that evaluating the views of teachers who work in preschools and the mothers of the children that attend to these institutions on school adaptation process in this study.   The sample of the research consists of 39 teachers who work in four official preschools in the city of Bursa and the mothers of 142 children that attend these preschools. Two questionnaires were applied to the teachers and the mothers within the scope of the research about the school adaptation process. As a result of the research it is found that both parents left their children to school together and they waited for their children especially in the first week. Teachers stated that the families’ firstborn children, children at the age of three, male and the ones who come from low socio-economic status had more problems in the school adaptation process. Also teachers stated that their most preferred activities were games, group plays and drama studies.