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Area of Science:

  • Early Childhood Education
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Educational Assessment

Background:

  • Dialectical thinking is increasingly recognized as vital for preschool child development.
  • Current assessment tools for preschool quality, such as the ECERS-R, do not specifically evaluate the support for dialectical thinking.
  • There is a need for a specialized instrument to measure the educational environment's impact on dialectical thinking.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design and validate a tool for assessing the extent to which preschool educational environments support dialectical thinking in children.
  • To compare the effectiveness of the new tool with an existing measure (ECERS-R).

Main Methods:

  • Development and statistical justification of the dialectical thinking support (DTS) scale.
  • Comparative analysis of DTS scale scores against ECERS-R scores in 18 preschool groups.
  • Examination of specific ECERS-R subscales in relation to dialectical thinking support.

Main Results:

  • The ECERS-R scale does not distinguish between the stimulation of dialectical and formally logical thinking.
  • Certain ECERS-R scores (e.g., "Stimulating Communication," "Books and Illustrations") may correlate with lower support for dialectical thinking.
  • A positive association was found between the ECERS-R score "Care-Giver and Children Interaction" and the DTS scale.

Conclusions:

  • The newly developed DTS scale is a statistically validated tool for measuring dialectical thinking support in preschool settings.
  • Findings suggest that some common preschool quality indicators may not foster dialectical thinking.
  • Further research is warranted to explore the links between dialectical thinking, voluntariness, and the emotional sphere in children.