Importance and representation of moral education in the program contents of preschool institutions: Teachers' attitudes

Abstract

The main goal of the research is reflected in the analysis of teachers' views on the importance and representation of moral education in the contents of the work plan and program of preschool institutions, in relation to gender, years of service and years the age of the teacher. The research sample consisted of 87 teachers from two preschool institutions from Novi Pazar. Among the instruments used was the scale of educators' attitudes about moral education, formed for the purposes of this research. The results were analyzed using statistical tests t-test and ANOVA (analysis of variance), with the help of the SPSS program. Based on the obtained results, the views on the representation of moral education in the content of the work plan and program proved to be statistically significant in relation to gender, where female educators had more positive attitudes about the representation of the content of the work plan and program in comparison to male educators, as well as with the variable length of service, where educators with less work experience had more negative views about the prevalence of moral education in the content of the work plan and program in compared to teachers with longer working experience. The obtained results indicate a different interpretation of the contents of the plan and program among educators, and we believe that the educational style of the educators could have influenced the views expressed by the educators.