INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF LEARNING CENTERS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRESCHOOLERS FROM PRESERVICE TEACHERS’ VIEWS

Abstract

In our country, due to the rapid increase in the rate of pre-school enrollment in recent years, the importance of the physical equipment of the schools has increased rapidly in order for these schools to provide quality education to their students. For this reason, the importance of learning centers that affect all developmental areas of the child has increased remarkably.  In this study, it is aimed to examine the importance of learning centers in the preschool period and the level of their place in the education program in line with the opinions of teacher candidates. 20 pre-school teacher candidates participated in this research, which was organized in a qualitative design. These participants were asked 17 open-ended questions about learning centers. Necessary suggestions were made at the end of the research.