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childhoodeducationorearlychildhoodspecialeducationhadreviewedthe itemsforthecontentvalidity. Thefiveitemsassessedpre-serviceteacherscompetenciesregarding ’ providingplaybasedcomprehensiveactivities,providingbalancedactivities, providingmeaningfulexperiences,encouraginginteractionsandquestioning, andobservingandsupporting. DataAnalysis Thecollecteddatawereanalyzedusingdescriptivestatisticsincluding mean,standarddeviations,andfrequencies.Therelationshipsbetween instructionalcompetenciesandparticipantscharacteristicswereexploredby ’ Pearsoncorrelationsorpointbiserialcorrelations. Results ProfilesofInstructionalCompetencies Amongthefiveareasofinstructionalcompetencies,observingand supporting(M=3.37)hasthehighestmeanandencouraginginteractionsand questioning(M=3.04)hasthelowestmean.Themeanofplaybased comprehensiveactivitieswas3.30,providingmeaningfulexperienceswas 3.22,andprovidingbalancedactivitieswas3.20. TheRelationshipswithVariables Pre-serviceteachersmajors,yearsofstudyinuniversitiesand ’ experienceswithchildrenwerecorrelatedwithinstructionalcompetencies regardingHealthLifeAreaeducation.Ontheotherhand,generalknowledge inthe7thcurriculum,coursecreditstakenregardinghealtheducationor satisfactionwiththecoursesdidnothavestatisticalcorrelationswith instructionalcompetencies.