The relationship between parents’ criteria when choosing a preschool and their socioeconomic level

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between parents’ criteria when choosing a preschool and their socioeconomic levels. It was conducted as basic quantitative research and used a correlational descriptive research model. This study was conducted with the parents of 207 preschoo...

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Main Authors: Emel Durmaz, Kader Karadeniz Akdoğan, Ergül Demir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Türkiye Okul Öncesi Eğitimini Geliştirme Derneği 2019-10-01
Series:Erken Çocukluk Çalışmaları Dergisi
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Online Access:http://journalofomepturkey.org/index.php/eccd/article/view/139
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description The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between parents’ criteria when choosing a preschool and their socioeconomic levels. It was conducted as basic quantitative research and used a correlational descriptive research model. This study was conducted with the parents of 207 preschool children at different socioeconomic levels whose children were students at preschools located in different regions of Ankara in the 2015-2016 school year. A questionnaire, developed by the researchers, was used as the data collection tool in this study. In the questionnaire, there were questions and statements about defining parents’ socioeconomic levels and the level of importance for different preschool preference criteria. Data was analysed using descriptive methods. Criteria that were seen as “very important” were the security of the preschool, the teacher’s communication skills, the hygiene of the preschool, the professional competence of teachers and the support given to children in terms of different developmental areas. For parents in the sub, middle and upper socioeconomic levels, the security and hygiene of the preschool were seen as “very important” in our study. The proximity of the preschool to the parents’ work criterion was at the top of the criteria which were characterized as “slightly important”.
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spelling doaj.art-3cefa9458b084cd3b66f86d54e1e6a282023-02-15T16:20:46ZengTürkiye Okul Öncesi Eğitimini Geliştirme DerneğiErken Çocukluk Çalışmaları Dergisi2564-76012019-10-013235237910.24130/eccd-jecs.196720193213997The relationship between parents’ criteria when choosing a preschool and their socioeconomic levelEmel Durmaz0Kader Karadeniz Akdoğan1Ergül Demir2Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Temel Eğitim Bölümü Okul Öncesi Eğitimi ABDAnkara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Temel Eğitim Bölümü Okul Öncesi Eğitimi ABDAnkara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü Eğitimde Ölçme ve Değerlendirme ABDThe purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between parents’ criteria when choosing a preschool and their socioeconomic levels. It was conducted as basic quantitative research and used a correlational descriptive research model. This study was conducted with the parents of 207 preschool children at different socioeconomic levels whose children were students at preschools located in different regions of Ankara in the 2015-2016 school year. A questionnaire, developed by the researchers, was used as the data collection tool in this study. In the questionnaire, there were questions and statements about defining parents’ socioeconomic levels and the level of importance for different preschool preference criteria. Data was analysed using descriptive methods. Criteria that were seen as “very important” were the security of the preschool, the teacher’s communication skills, the hygiene of the preschool, the professional competence of teachers and the support given to children in terms of different developmental areas. For parents in the sub, middle and upper socioeconomic levels, the security and hygiene of the preschool were seen as “very important” in our study. The proximity of the preschool to the parents’ work criterion was at the top of the criteria which were characterized as “slightly important”.http://journalofomepturkey.org/index.php/eccd/article/view/139Okul öncesi eğitimOkul tercihleriSosyoekonomik düzey
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Kader Karadeniz Akdoğan
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The relationship between parents’ criteria when choosing a preschool and their socioeconomic level
Erken Çocukluk Çalışmaları Dergisi
Okul öncesi eğitim
Okul tercihleri
Sosyoekonomik düzey
title The relationship between parents’ criteria when choosing a preschool and their socioeconomic level
title_full The relationship between parents’ criteria when choosing a preschool and their socioeconomic level
title_fullStr The relationship between parents’ criteria when choosing a preschool and their socioeconomic level
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between parents’ criteria when choosing a preschool and their socioeconomic level
title_short The relationship between parents’ criteria when choosing a preschool and their socioeconomic level
title_sort relationship between parents criteria when choosing a preschool and their socioeconomic level
topic Okul öncesi eğitim
Okul tercihleri
Sosyoekonomik düzey
url http://journalofomepturkey.org/index.php/eccd/article/view/139
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