Secondary analysis of qualitative data: Hungarian minority kindergarten pedagogues’ perspectives of the new curriculum framework in Serbia

Secondary analysis is employed to address new research questions by analysing previously collected data. This paper reports on the secondary analysis of qualitative data where the original research investigated the preschool education reform in Serbia from the perspective of Hungarian ethnic minorit...

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Main Authors: Eva Mikuska, Judit Raffai, Eva Vukov Raffai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal of Childhood, Education and Society 2022-11-01
Series:Journal of Childhood, Education & Society
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Online Access:https://www.j-ces.com/index.php/jces/article/view/181
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description Secondary analysis is employed to address new research questions by analysing previously collected data. This paper reports on the secondary analysis of qualitative data where the original research investigated the preschool education reform in Serbia from the perspective of Hungarian ethnic minority kindergarten pedagogues. The choice to apply a secondary analysis fulfilled the aims of (i) investigating traces of socialism in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) provision in Vojvodina, a northern region of Serbia; and (ii) exploring the complexity of Christmas celebrations in nurseries. In order to address the aims, a secondary analysis of 12 semi-structured transcripts was carried out. This analysis revealed important additional findings for the original study. In light of the education reforms in Serbia we found that, first, there are strong connections between the ‘socialist past’ ECEC practices and what these practices may look like in the future; and, second, the traditional celebration of religious holidays outside of church organizations, such as Christmas, may change in the nurseries. This paper also offers insight regarding the importance of secondary analysis which provides an opportunity to making use of existing resources.
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spelling doaj.art-c4fe755adc2b4868815a28d5faa3328e2023-02-15T16:12:33ZengJournal of Childhood, Education and SocietyJournal of Childhood, Education & Society2717-638X2022-11-013324925910.37291/2717638X.202233181169Secondary analysis of qualitative data: Hungarian minority kindergarten pedagogues’ perspectives of the new curriculum framework in SerbiaEva Mikuska0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2486-9643Judit Raffai1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9206-2871Eva Vukov Raffai2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8393-1748University of Chichester University of Novi SadUniversity of Novi SadSecondary analysis is employed to address new research questions by analysing previously collected data. This paper reports on the secondary analysis of qualitative data where the original research investigated the preschool education reform in Serbia from the perspective of Hungarian ethnic minority kindergarten pedagogues. The choice to apply a secondary analysis fulfilled the aims of (i) investigating traces of socialism in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) provision in Vojvodina, a northern region of Serbia; and (ii) exploring the complexity of Christmas celebrations in nurseries. In order to address the aims, a secondary analysis of 12 semi-structured transcripts was carried out. This analysis revealed important additional findings for the original study. In light of the education reforms in Serbia we found that, first, there are strong connections between the ‘socialist past’ ECEC practices and what these practices may look like in the future; and, second, the traditional celebration of religious holidays outside of church organizations, such as Christmas, may change in the nurseries. This paper also offers insight regarding the importance of secondary analysis which provides an opportunity to making use of existing resources.https://www.j-ces.com/index.php/jces/article/view/181socialismchristmashungarian minoritykindergarten practices
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Secondary analysis of qualitative data: Hungarian minority kindergarten pedagogues’ perspectives of the new curriculum framework in Serbia
Journal of Childhood, Education & Society
socialism
christmas
hungarian minority
kindergarten practices
title Secondary analysis of qualitative data: Hungarian minority kindergarten pedagogues’ perspectives of the new curriculum framework in Serbia
title_full Secondary analysis of qualitative data: Hungarian minority kindergarten pedagogues’ perspectives of the new curriculum framework in Serbia
title_fullStr Secondary analysis of qualitative data: Hungarian minority kindergarten pedagogues’ perspectives of the new curriculum framework in Serbia
title_full_unstemmed Secondary analysis of qualitative data: Hungarian minority kindergarten pedagogues’ perspectives of the new curriculum framework in Serbia
title_short Secondary analysis of qualitative data: Hungarian minority kindergarten pedagogues’ perspectives of the new curriculum framework in Serbia
title_sort secondary analysis of qualitative data hungarian minority kindergarten pedagogues perspectives of the new curriculum framework in serbia
topic socialism
christmas
hungarian minority
kindergarten practices
url https://www.j-ces.com/index.php/jces/article/view/181
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