Role of Teachers in Developing Meta-cognition Skills in Early Childhood Education Learners: A Survey

Abstract

Early Childhood Education is a combination of moral, intellectual and social lessons for physical, mental, social, emotional and linguistic growth and development of early childhood age children. The success and failure of a preschool depends on the teacher who is the backbone of the preprimary school. It needs special training of the teachers, as if they are competent enough to deal with the children of this age, understand their needs and teach them according to their own abilities and capabilities. The current study was designed to investigate the role of teachers in developing meta-cognition skills in early childhood education. The objectives of the study were to understand the concept of early childhood Education and to recommend different instructional strategies to make effective ECE possible. The research was carried out in educational institutions of Bahawalpur-Pakistan. A questionnaire for the early childhood educators was administered. The ordinal scale was used for the responses and Microsoft excel program was used for the statistical analysis of the data. This study has been carried out with the viewpoint to know the current situation of early childhood education, the role played by teachers and to find out the strategies necessary to be carried by them. This study reveals that there is a lack of guidance for the teachers. They need to be trained and given practice of some effective instructional strategies. This study has thrown light on different instructional strategies which can be used for teaching language, mathematics, science, social studies, religious education and creativity. The researchers’ conclusion with suggestions and recommendations was also summed up at the end of the study.