Indonesian Preschool Teachers Beliefs in Scaffolding Early Writing Development

Abstract

The purposed of the study is to investigate the preschool teachers' beliefs in giving proper stimulation to development early writing in preschool children. As we know, that writing ability can assist children to master other literacy skills, so the beliefs of the teachers, who taught the children was very crucial point to success teaching learning process. The 50 preschool teachers were participated in the study, by answering a 30-question questionnaire in developmental of early writing. The participants came from various background of specialisation, long experience time in teaching toddlers, and the level of preschools. The instrument of the study contains many components, as follow: writing mechanism ((4.27), writing concepts (4.05), writing convention (3.53) and writing composition (2.52). Based on the responds that given by preschool teachers, it shown that the preschool teachers have a strong belief about their stimulation in development of early writing. The study also gives some recommendation to flourish children ability in early literacy, especially writing.