Scientific Research and Essays

  • Abbreviation: Sci. Res. Essays
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1992-2248
  • DOI: 10.5897/SRE
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2768

Full Length Research Paper

The preschool education web-sites and nutrition education activities: An assessment by prospective teachers

Nazan AktaÅŸ1*, D. Esra Angın2 and Özlem KarakuÅŸ3
1Nutrition Education Department, Faculty of Vocational Education, Selcuk University, Konya,Turkey. 2Child Development Department, Faculty of Vocational Education, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey. 3Social Work Department, Faculty of Health Science, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.
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  •  Accepted: 29 July 2011
  •  Published: 26 August 2011

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine how prospective preschool teachers evaluate preschool education websites and nutrition activities on them. The qualitative research methods were used in this study. The data was obtained by the evaluation of 20 websites using “website evaluation form” via document analysis technique by fourth-year prospective teachers (n=20) at Vocational Education Faculty. As a result, the websites in the study were found to have both positive and negative peculiarities in terms of general content, visual design and nutrition activities. It was also found that only seven of the websites in the study had nutrition activities.

 

Key words: Preschool education, prospective preschool teachers, preschool websites, nutrition education, nutrition activities.