Motivations and Barriers in Promoting Preschool Education

Autor/inn/en	Küçükturan, A. Güler; Akbaba Altun, Sadegül
Titel	Motivations and Barriers in Promoting Preschool Education
Quelle	In: Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 17 (2017) 4, S.1433-1450 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1303-0485
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Barriers; Preschool Education; Decision Making; Motivation; Stakeholders; Attitude Measures; Knowledge Level; Interviews; Focus Groups; Family Attitudes; Teacher Role; Economic Factors; Readiness; Teaching Methods; Mothers; Parent Role; Transportation; Qualitative Research; Case Studies; Content Analysis; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Wissensbasis; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerrolle; Ökonomischer Faktor; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Mother; Mutter; Parental role; Elternrolle; Verkehrswesen; Qualitative Forschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Inhaltsanalyse; Türkei
Abstract	This study is designed to explore the reasons for sending and not sending preschool age children to preschools at an early age by exploring the motivations for and barriers towards promoting preschool education in Turkey. It aimed to determine various stakeholders' perceptions, attitudes, and knowledge related to preschool education in order to promote high-quality and comprehensive preschool education. The research was conducted with 224 participants in five cities in Turkey. Qualitative data was collected through individual and focus group interviews and interpreted by content analysis and descriptive analysis. The findings indicated that families put forward the following reasons for sending their children to preschool: preschool education prepares children for school and helps form the habit of attending school, teachers' efforts in convincing parents to send their children to preschool, providing the care for the children of working mothers with preschool teachers , and preschool helps children develop social behavior. The following factors were reasons families did not send their children to preschool: economic conditions, perceiving the child as too young, concerns over practices at school, perceptions about the mother's role, and distrust of the transportation system. The results will help decision makers develop policies and strategies to heighten the general public's awareness of the need for early education, as well as better provide early education opportunities. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01