Investigation of Preschool Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Children’s Literature Abstract

Abstract

This study aims to examine the attitudes of preschool teachers towards children’s literature. The study group was determined with convenience sampling to carry out the study during the COVID-19 pandemic process and data were collected with “Attitude Scale towards Children’s Literature” developed by Karagül (2020) and the scores of teachers from the scale were analyzed in terms of the variables of age, gender, educational status and length of service. The scale was delivered to preschool teachers by transferring to digital media and using social media tools during the pandemic process. The obtained data were analyzed with SPSS program. When the results obtained from Mann Withney U and Kruskal Wallis tests were examined, it was found that preschool teachers had high attitudes towards children’s literature. It was concluded that the variables of length of service and level of education affected their attitudes positively.