2018
DOI: 10.2478/jped-2018-0009
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Choosing the right kindergarten: Parents’ reasoning about their ECEC choices in the context of the diversification of ECEC programs

Abstract: The sphere of early childhood education care (ECEC) in the Czech Republic has diversified enormously in the last decade. The article describes this diversification process and, drawing on focus group data, analyses parents’ choices within this diversified realm. Based on the parents’ selection criteria (significantly influenced by constraints and opportunities relating to social background or family status), it identifies four parental groups: pedagogical approach-centered, child-centered, facility-centered an… Show more

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“…On the one hand, the role of mothers' education plays a role here, as it aff ects their economic status, and at the same time it reveals the mothers' expectations that private facilities will have a better approach and better facilities than state institutions. Similar conclusions are drawn from the studies of Gamble, Ewing, and Wilhelm (2009) or Kampichler, Dvořáčková, and Jarkovská (2018). However, this phenomenon is alarming precisely because of the reproduction of social inequalities, as there is a greater opportunity for mothers with a higher social status to have their children segregated in certain institutions.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 65%
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“…On the one hand, the role of mothers' education plays a role here, as it aff ects their economic status, and at the same time it reveals the mothers' expectations that private facilities will have a better approach and better facilities than state institutions. Similar conclusions are drawn from the studies of Gamble, Ewing, and Wilhelm (2009) or Kampichler, Dvořáčková, and Jarkovská (2018). However, this phenomenon is alarming precisely because of the reproduction of social inequalities, as there is a greater opportunity for mothers with a higher social status to have their children segregated in certain institutions.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 65%
“…Mothers can choose to receive a maternal allowance for up to four years (Hašková, Mudrák, & Saxonberg 2012;Kuchařová et al, 2009;Saxonberg, 2014). In Czech families with young children, the prevailing view is that children need to be provided with adequate home care and that young children suff er if their mother is employed (people with the lowest levels of education are more often in favour of this view) (Duncan et al, 2004;Höhne & Kuchařová, 2016;Kampichler, Dvořáčková, & Jarkovská, 2018;Kuchařová et al, 2006aKuchařová et al, , 2010.…”
Section: Years Of Agementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In the Forest school, parents are middle-class with high cultural capital, with a non-authoritative approach and an effort to negotiate, corresponding to Lareau's findings, but the programme organisation differs significantly (more on this in Kampichler, Dvořáčková, & Jarkovská, 2018). The parents from the Forest school emphasise freedom for children.…”
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confidence: 83%
“…Parallel to this survey we conducted group interviews with parents of various socioeconomic status who had chosen different types of nursery schools. We asked parents about their approaches to choosing an ECEC facility and the strategies they applied to get a place in the desired one (Kampichler, Dvořáčková, & Jarkovská, 2018). Based on this mapping (survey and group interviews) we selected three public facilities, with high, medium and low parental demand and three private facilities offering their services at a high, medium and low price (in the context of city of our research), see Table 1.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%