Η έννοια των μαθησιακών συμπεριφορών και η προσέγγισή τους στην προσχολική ηλικία: Η ελληνική εκδοχή της κλίμακας εκτίμησης των μαθησιακών συμπεριφορών για παιδιά προσχολικής ηλικίας
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Τα νέα αναλυτικά προγράμματα για το νηπιαγωγείο, δίνουν έμφαση στην οργάνωση και αξιολόγηση των μαθησιακών εμπειριών των παιδιών, ώστε να ανταποκρίνονται στις ιδιαίτερες κλίσεις και τα ενδιαφέροντά τους και να τα βοηθούν στην καλλιέργεια θετικής στάσης απέναντι στη μάθηση. Ο τρόπος με τον οποίο τα παιδιά προσεγγίζουν τις μαθησιακές καταστάσεις και εμπλέκονται σε αυτές περιγράφεται στη διεθνή βιβλιογραφία με τον όρο «μαθησιακές συμπεριφορές». Για τη μελέτη τους προτείνεται η Κλίμακα Εκτίμησης των Μαθησιακών Συμπεριφορών για Παιδιά Προσχολικής Ηλικίας (ΚΕΜΣ-ΠΗ) (Preschool Learning Behavior Scale) ως ένα εργαλείο που μπορεί να αξιοποιηθεί από νηπιαγωγούς με στόχο την καταγραφή και καλύτερη κατανόηση των μαθησιακών συμπεριφορών των παιδιών και διερευνώνται τα ψυχομετρικά χαρακτηριστικά της ελληνικής εκδοχής της. Τα δεδομένα προέρχονται από 890 παιδιά που φοιτούσαν σε δημόσια νηπιαγωγεία 33 νομών της Ελλάδας, με βάση τις απαντήσεις των νηπιαγωγών (N= 233) των τάξεων τους. Η παραγοντική ανάλυση ανέδειξε δύο παράγοντες, «Κίνητρο/Επάρκεια» και «Στάση Απέναντι στη Μάθηση-Προσοχή», με ικανοποιητική εσωτερική σταθερότητα. Τα αποτελέσματα σχολιάζονται σε σχέση με τη δυνατότητα της ΚΕΜΣ-ΠΗ να δώσει χρήσιμες πληροφορίες σε ότι αφορά: το ίδιο το παιδί και τον τρόπο που αντιδρά στη μάθηση, το παιδί σε σχέση με την υπόλοιπη τάξη, την αποτελεσματικότητα των διδακτικών προσεγγίσεων και των προγραμμάτων που εφαρμόζονται στην τάξη.
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Petrogiannis, K., & Penderi, E. (2013). Η έννοια των μαθησιακών συμπεριφορών και η προσέγγισή τους στην προσχολική ηλικία: Η ελληνική εκδοχή της κλίμακας εκτίμησης των μαθησιακών συμπεριφορών για παιδιά προσχολικής ηλικίας. Preschool and Primary Education, 1, 3–21. https://doi.org/10.12681/ppej.39
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Οι συγγραφείς των άρθρων που δημοσιεύονται στο ΠΡΟΣΧΟΛΙΚΗ & ΣΧΟΛΙΚΗ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ διατηρούν τα δικαιώματα πνευματικής ιδιοκτησίας επί των άρθρων τους, δίνοντας στο περιοδικό το δικαίωμα της πρώτης δημοσίευσης. Άρθρα που δημοσιεύονται στο ΠΡΟΣΧΟΛΙΚΗ & ΣΧΟΛΙΚΗ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ διατίθενται με άδεια Creative Commons 3.0 και σύμφωνα με την άδεια μπορούν να χρησιμοποιούνται ελεύθερα, με αναφορά στο/στη συγγραφέα και στην πρώτη δημοσίευση για μη κερδοσκοπικούς σκοπούς και με δικαίωμα τροποποίησης μόνον με παρόμοια διανομή (αν αναμείξετε, τροποποιήσετε, ή δημιουργήσετε πάνω στο υλικό, πρέπει να διανείμετε τις δικές σας συνεισφορές υπό την ίδια άδεια όπως και το πρωτότυπο). To Εργαστήριο Παιδαγωγικών Ερευνών και Εφαρμογών του Παιδαγωγικού Τμήματος Προσχολικής Εκπαίδευσης του Πανεπιστημίου Κρήτης και το Εθνικό Κέντρο Τεκμηρίωσης διατηρούν το δικαίωμα να δημοσιεύουν, να αναπαραγάγουν, να παρουσιάζουν στο κοινό, να διανέμουν και χρησιμοποιούν άρθρα που δημοσιεύονται στο ΠΡΟΣΧΟΛΙΚΗ & ΣΧΟΛΙΚΗ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ σε οποιοδήποτε μέσο και μορφή είτε μεμονωμένα είτε ως μέρη συλλογικών έργων, για όλο το χρόνο διάρκειας προστασίας της πνευματικής ιδιοκτησίας και για όλες τις χώρες του κόσμου. Αυτό περιλαμβάνει ενδεικτικά και όχι αποκλειστικά, το δικαίωμα δημοσίευσης των άρθρων σε τεύχη του περιοδικού ΠΡΟΣΧΟΛΙΚΗ & ΣΧΟΛΙΚΗ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ, αναπαραγωγής και διανομής μεμονωμένων αντιγράφων των άρθρων, αναπαραγωγής ολόκληρων των άρθρων σε άλλη έκδοση του Εργαστηρίου Παιδαγωγικών Ερευνών και Εφαρμογών του Παιδαγωγικού Τμήματος Προσχολικής Εκπαίδευσης του Πανεπιστημίου Κρήτης και του Εθνικού Κέντρου Τεκμηρίωσης και αναπαραγωγής και διανομής των άρθρων ή περίληψης αυτών με χρήση πληροφορικού συστήματος αποθετηρίου.
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