TITLE:
The Interview as a Reflective Tool in Preschool Female Teachers’ Work with Children from Different Cultures Significance of Communication and Acquiring Hebrew in Preschool
AUTHORS:
Yosy Mamman, Janan Faraj Falah, Ronit Shlush-Levy
KEYWORDS:
Teachers, Preschool, Different Cultures
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.10 No.4,
April
17,
2019
ABSTRACT: In this article, the theoretical background was chosen to focus on three directions: the first, reflective thinking as a professional need, as the focus of this research is the reflection the staff performs during the in-depth interview while referring to the immigrant child’s difficulties and coping with the new environment, and the coping of the staff working with the children and their families. The second, broad reference to the significance of communication and acquiring the Hebrew language in preschool is during the encounter with a new, foreign environment. We will also address the significance of developing social efficacy skills, which immigrant children need in order to function in preschool and develop as a mature person in the new country.