Schooling Experiences of Disadvantaged Children in Preschool: Attitudes, Engagement and Interactions

Abstract

The research adopting children's perspectives about early care and education has flourished since the adoption of UNCRC; however, the studies investigating experiences of children from diverse backgrounds in the literature are still scarce. This study aims to describe disadvantaged children's experiences in a target preschool from their own perspectives.Research Methods: This study is part of a large-scale research project, and it focuses on disadvantaged children's perspectives using a case study design. The case of interest included a specific group of people associated with a unique preschool designed for the disadvantaged children. The data comes from 26 children and their parents for this study. Childinterviews were the primary source of data. Parentinterviews, observations and other documents supplemented data analysis. The data was analyzed using ATLAS.ti 7 Software.