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    The Challenges of Beginning Teachers Experience In The Early Years of Teaching
    (Dergipark Akad, 2021) Celik, Osman Tayyar; Kahraman, Umit
    The early years of the teaching profession is a period in which the teachers both begin teaching and learn how to teach and an important career step that affects their way of teaching. In this context, there are plenty of qualitative and quantitative studies conducted in different countries in the international literature on the challenges encountered in the teaching profession's early years. This research is a meta-synthesis study that synthesizes the research results discussing the challenges encountered by newly appointed teachers. Fourteen studies conducted in 11 different countries were included in the meta-synthesis. Six themes were first identified as a result of the analyzes: these are official policies and school practices, social relations, teaching practices, support, individual factors, and school-environment adaptation. In the next step, a second-level of abstraction was performed to set forth the syntheses. These are as follows: 1) mismatch between theory and practice, 2) schoolenvironment context and 3) interaction between individual factors and contextual conditions. While the themes obtained in the research express the problem areas, the syntheses shed light on the problems' sources. Within the framework of the determining themes and syntheses, suggestions have consequently been made about the policies and practices to be developed for the challenges that the teachers may encounter in the early years of the profession.
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    Focal points for digital technology integration in early childhood education: implications from practitioners' perspectives
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2023) Celik, Osman T.; Candemir, Burcu; Saglam, Mehmet; Tunc, Yunus; Acar, Davut; Kahraman, Umit
    This study explored the integration of digital technology in early childhood education from the perspectives of 11 preschool teachers using qualitative methods. Through content analysis, four key themes were identified: objectives, multidimensional effects in education, obstacles, and needs/expectations. Teachers employ digital tools to adapt to changes and enhance learning, despite concerns about potential harm. Barriers include administrative support, teacher beliefs, and competencies, as well as educational policies and parent-teacher cooperation. The study recommends the need for in-service and pre-service training for teachers and comprehensive policy development for effective technology integration.
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    Meta-thematic analysis of quality in early childhood education and care
    (Springernature, 2023) Saglam, Mehmet; Celik, Osman Tayyar; Tunc, Yunus; Kahraman, Umit; Acar, Davut; Candemir, Burcu
    Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has drawn the attention of researchers and practitioners due to its correlation with positive individual, societal, and economic results. In ECEC, however, there is no consensus on quality metrics. This meta-thematic study seeks to provide a framework for quality indicators in ECEC and to identify the contextual factors that influence the perception of quality. The study's data source comprises 14 published papers conducted in 11 countries using qualitative or mixed methods on quality in ECEC. As a consequence of the analysis, 16 early childhood education and care quality indicators were identified. As a result of the second-level studies, the underlying or associated syntheses in the ECEC quality indicators were uncovered. These include child-centeredness, teacher qualifications, culture and atmosphere of the ECEC center, holistic development, and leadership. In addition, it was concluded that cultural values and beliefs, the centralization degree of the education system, and the expectations of stakeholders are contextual elements that influence the quality and perceptions of quality in ECEC.