The aim of the study is to determine the attitudes of preschool teachers towards using technological tools and to analyze it in terms of different variables. The research was conducted based on descriptive study model. Working group was consisted of 103 teachers working at kindergartens in city center of Kırsehir and Malatya in the fall semester of 2014-2015 academic years. A personal information form created by researchers and "The Scale of Attitudes towards Using Technological Tools in Preschool Education "developed by Kol (2012) were used to collect data. Frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used in order to analyze the data T-test for independent samples and one-way variance analysis were used in order to determine the relationships between variables. As a result of the study, the teachers showed a very positive attitude towards using technological tools. It was found out that preschool education graduate teachers showed a more positive attitudes towards using technological tools as comparing with the distance education graduate preschool teachers.

his study aimes to investigate the efects of the parent education programmes on the relationship between the parents, who had 5-7 year-old children, and their kids. he parent education programmes are about developmental stages of children, spending eicient time with children, communication with children, peer relations, child behavior problems and ways of coping with those, parents' attitudes, developing child's behavior and habit formation. he population of the study is consisted of parents of ive to seven year old children who were at the kindergartens and irst graders ailiated to the Ministry of National Education in Malatya. In order to identify the efects of parent education on parent-child relationship, the pretest-posttest experimental design was used. T-test was used in order to determine the diference between the control group and the experimental groups and to compare the pre-test and post test scores. As a result of the study, the parent education makes parents know their children better and has a positive efect on their communication with their children.

The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of the Peaceful Life Skills Education Program on the social adaptation and skills of preschool children. In the study, semi-experimental model with pretest and posttest control groups was used. The study sample included fifty 5-year-old students attending Malatya Civil Servants Kindergarten during the 2013-2014 academic year. The study group and control group included 25 students each. The Social Adaptation and Skills Scale and a Personal Information Form developed by Işık (2007) were used as data collection instruments. The study group students were instructed with the Peaceful Life Skills-Based Education Program developed by the author, one hour per week for 12 weeks. The control group students were instructed based on the conventional curriculum. Data analysis was conducted with the t-test. The study results demonstrated that the implemented education program had a positive effect on social adaptation and skills of preschool children.

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The present study aimed to comparatively analyze the undergraduate preschool instruction curriculum, introduced in 2018 in teacher training institutions, and the 1997 and 2006 undergraduate curricula. The document analysis method, a qualitative research approach, was employed in the study. The 1997The , 2006 undergraduate preschool instruction curricula developed by the Council of Higher Education were employed as the data collection instruments. Descriptive analysis technique was adopted to analyze the findings. The study findings demonstrated that the 2018 undergraduate preschool instruction curriculum differed from the 1997 and 2006 curricula. The number of compulsory field courses and total course hours in the 2018 undergraduate preschool instruction curriculum was lower when compared to the previous curricula. Especially in the 2018 undergraduate curriculum, it was observed that the applied course hours were lower when compared to previous programs, and the categories of certain courses included in the MB, GK and AE categories the previous programs were altered in the 2018 curriculum. Certain compulsory courses in the 1997 and 2006 curricula were included in the elective course category in the 2018 undergraduate curriculum. The names and content of certain the courses were changes in the 2018 undergraduate curriculum. It was observed that the number of elective courses was increased in 2018 undergraduate curriculum.