Dana Tahririan, Zahra Entezam, Saba Safarzadeh
Evaluation of teachers' knowledge about dental injuries in primary schoolchildren in the city of Isfahan
Dental research journal
significance adapting rapidly changing world quite evident current day thus awareness teach students ready face challenges future important early education huge impact development children preschool teachers must competent use appropriate teaching educational methods study development selfdirected learning sdl future preschool teachers investigated considering two variables namely type study fulltime parttime students learning modalities caused covid19 pandemic pre postcovid19 confinement collected data 418 participants analysed using descriptive statistics 2 3 factorial analysis variance anova twostep cluster analysis results show status preservice preschool teachers perceptions sdl development variables influenced significant differences students selfreported sdl skills depending learning environment type study status indicator helps educators identify change curriculum work students allows faculty highlight positive aspects different educational modalities encountered well characteristics study types impact learning process improve students sdl skills results study may help design tailored metacognitive scaffolds take account different modalities studies needed investigate effectiveness digital open learning environments address sdl preschool educational practices