Abstract:

The aim of the study is to highlight students' attitudes (N = 76) from Pedagogy of Primary and Preschool Education Program, from second and third years of study, regarding their involvement in preparing assigned subject on topics established by the teacher in the syllabuses, for the seminar activities. The study is an investigative one, and the working tool used is the research questionnaire made up of 27 items, grouped into two categories:
1. The ability of students to plan, conduct and evaluate about how they prepared the subject before sustaining a theme; and
2. Students' preferences for study topics, grounding and providing feedback from the teacher on how the student-led seminar was approach.

At the same time, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) was used to highlight the students' level of self-esteem. The interpretation of the results was carried out by the descriptive analysis of the questionnaire responses. According to the obtained results, students are self-assessing as having a good study planning capacity with a higher average of indicators of willingness to engage and creating conditions favorable to the study; high confidence in their own skills to complete the seminar theme even without support; high interest in verifying how they produced the final material, but not in managing the time spent on the study. Most students prefer to work on pair or group seminar themes, in practical-applied tasks, or documentary and theoretical synthesis topics. Feedback from teachers is preferred at the end of the subject, individually formulated. Depending on the scores obtained at the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the students have got medium and high levels of self-esteem. The share of the great obtained at the seminar is appreciated by the majority of students as representing 50% of the final grade of the discipline. The results obtained may provide academic background for the effective organization of student activities at seminars.

Keywords:

Pedagogy of Primary and Preschool Education, seminary students' activities, descriptive study.