Citation

Vatou A. Eur. J. Educ. Stud. 2020; 7(7): e3147.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Open Access Publishing Group)

DOI

10.46827/ejes.v7i7.3147

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Abstract

Teacher-child relationships in early childhood are increasingly considered as a prerequisite for children's development. The Child Appraisal of the Relationship with the Teacher Scale (CARTS) (Vervoot, Doumen, & Verschueren, 2015) is a new multidimensional measure that evaluates the quality of teacher-child relationships from the children's perspective. The purpose of this study was to confirm the factor structure of the Dutch version of CARTS in the Greek context, to describe the perceptions of young children about their relationship with their teachers and to examine whether child's age, gender, and ethnicity contribute to this relationship. In total, 366 children (Mage= 5.4) from 36 kindergarten of Greece participated in this study.

RESULTS supported the construct validity of the CARTS scale. CFA implementation, consistent with attachment-based research revealed the three dimensions of the teacher-children relationships, Closeness, Dependency and Conflict. Supportive and warmth relationships were found. Children's demographics characteristics affect the quality of teacher-child relationships. The results highlighted the importance of the dyadic relationships.

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Language: en

Keywords

attachment; CARTS; children’s perspectives; early childhood; teacher–child relationships