Examining the Relationship Between Pre-School Teachers' Communicator Style and Children's Social Skills

The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between pre-school teachers’ communicator style and children’s social skills. The study was carried out during 2016-2017 academic years with pre-school teachers and... [ view full abstract ]

The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between pre-school teachers’ communicator style and children’s social skills. The study was carried out during 2016-2017 academic years with pre-school teachers and normally-developing 48-60 months children attending their classes in Çubuk district of Ankara province. The participants of the research were selected via simple random sampling method from public and private preschools affiliated to the Ministry of Education in Çubuk. In this research, all of the data were gathered from teachers by using “Communicator Style Measure” and “Social Skills Scale”. In order to determine teachers’ communicator style “Communicator Style Measure” was used and in order to determine levels of social skills of children “Social Skills Scale” was used. Besides, "Personal Information Form" prepared by the researcher was used for determining the demographic characteristics of the research participants. SPSS 22 program will be used for analyzing the acquired data and the data obtained through the data collection tool will be analyzed via qualitative analysis methods. In accordance with the study’s purpose, relational screening model will be used as the method of this research. The process of data analysis continues and thus the result of the study will be discussed in the presentation at the conference.

Keywords: Communicator style, social skills, pre-school teachers, children, early childhood education