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Teachers' Perceptions of Preschool Children's Psychomotor Development in Spain
Sofía Cueto1, José Antonio Prieto1, Paloma Nistal1
11 Department of Psychomotricity, Padre Ossó Faculty, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
Abstract:
This study analyzed the psychomotor profiles of preschool stage students and to determine how these data agreed with the students' teachers' subjective assessment. We also correlated these data with other variables such as age, gender, and family influence. A total of 211 children aged 3 to 6 years, in the second cycle of preschool from 30 classes of 10 schools in Spain participated. Additionally, 30 preschool teachers from these classes participated. Study results revealed serious teacher misperceptions regarding their students' psychomotor development, with low agreement rates between students and teachers in the motor dimension and slight agreement rates in communicative, cognitive, and social areas. The reasons for and implications of these misperceptions are discussed.
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