Preschool Teacher Candidates’ Opinions on the Teaching of Children’s Rights

The main purpose of this study is to measure and evaluate the opinions of preschool teacher candidates towards the teaching practices that they have developed for teaching children’s rights to the students. Thirteen volunteer senior students studying at Anadolu University Faculty of Education, Department of Primary Education Preschool Teaching Training Program, participated in the presentstudy. The data were gathered through semi-structured interviews conducted with teacher candidates and the gathered data were analyzed through the content analysis method. The results of the study revealed that the teacher candidates mainly made use of drama, mother tongue, and play activities while teaching children’s rights courses. Subsequent to practicing the teaching activities, participants stated that although it seemed difficult to practice the activities at initially, they easily managed to put them into practice and they observed that their students enjoyed practicing such activities. The preschool teacher candidates believe that children’s rights education in the preschool environment is helpful and desirable when they are presented in age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate ways.