SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT OF PRE- PRIMARY SCHOOLS CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH: TEACHERS’ ROLE

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Teachers are the most important parsons for a child who creates the social situation of education. A social and emotional skill is a global rising concern. In the preschool years, social and emotional skills development increases to include children social capability, managing behavior, social perception and self-regulatory abilities. In Bangladesh preprimary education is one year duration and school based actions for learning have been adopted as important strategies in primary education. The government has made PPE as an integral part of the primary education and incorporated this intervention into the national program, Third Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP-III). Evidence shows that there is a relationship between social and emotional development and behavior and school success. The study aimed to explore the knowledge of preschool teachers, in developing social and emotional skills of children aged 5 to 6 years in pre- primary schools. The study was carried out qualitative in nature and was guided by the explorative approach. Data were collected from two government pre-primary schools of Dhaka city In-depth interview with teachers, classroom observation and document review methods were used to collect information. After collecting data it was managed and analyzed using content analysis technique according to different themes emerged from the research questions. The study findings from curriculum review revealed that social and emotional skills were included and emphasized in pre-primary curriculum of Bangladesh. It is found that most of the teachers know the core features of social and emotional skills. There is a gap between the scope of these domain mentioned in the curriculum and classroom practice by the teachers. The study confirms that social and emotional skills of preprimary children’s is highly dependent on teachers readiness, so the study suggests that the preprimary teachers need to be familiarized with the curriculum in order to get an in depth knowledge, the government should closely monitor the classroom practice.

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