What Modern Parents Think About Preschool Education

Nisskaya, Anastasiya

doi:10.1080/10609393.2018.1527165

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“…Also, while much research focuses on PE courses at higher education and teacher education programs (Hayes, Capel, Katene, & Cook, 2008;Kim, Cardinal, & Cardinal, 2015;Engstrom, 1999), there remains a paucity of evidence on K-12 PE courses. Studies on attitudes towards PE courses are focused on teachers' perspectives (Bozoglu & Göktürk, 2016;Gordon, Dyson, Cowan, McKenzie, & Shulruf, 2016;Marinsek & Kovac, 2019;Simmons & MacLean, 2018), students' perspective (Mercier, Donovan, Gibbone, & Rozga, 2017;Mohammed & Mohammad, 2012;Phillips & Silverman, 2015), administrators' perspective (Oh & Graber, 2019;Zeng & Wang, 2015) or parents' (Nisskaya, 2018). However, there has been no study to date that presents an in-depth comprehensive exploration of PE courses at K-12 level through a consolidation of perspectives of various stakeholders (teachers, academics, athletes, coaches).…”

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School physical education courses: A study on challenges and on restoring their functions

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Cengîz³

2021

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This study represents an effort to explore and understand the experiences of individuals who have significant stakes on Physical Education and Sports (PES) courses either through being practically involved in teaching or planning this course or by being theoretically engaged in discourses relevant to the nature and normative enactment of the course. The main purpose of this study is to explore the status of Physical Education course through unveiling the voices of significant stakeholders. To this end, this qualitative study relied on several parameters: an examination of curriculum of physical education, Ministry of Education's (MoNE's) efforts and initiative to increase success at sports, the role of sports clubs at school along with an exploration of key 29 stakeholders' experiences through semi-structured interviews. The results gathered through content analysis highlight that physical education and sports courses are mostly perceived of little worth, and that development of a strong sport culture is largely hindered by financial, systemic, and administrative constraints. The study also points out the urgent call for introduction of system-wide regulations and policies and further fortification of facilities.

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“…Research on parental reasoning regarding choice of preschool and on parental preferences regarding preschool practices has increased in recent years (Ceglowski 2004;Karlsson et al 2013;Nisskaya 2018;Rose et al 2013). In comparison with the literature on parental choice of school, however, the number of studies is still relatively small.…”

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Parental Reasoning on Choosing the Mobile Preschool: Enabling Sustainable Development or Adjusting to a Neoliberal Society?

Ojala

Ladru

Gustafson

2020

Early Childhood Educ J

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Due to the emergence of new forms of preschools and parents' increased freedom of choice regarding early childhood education, more research on parental preschool preferences is needed. Although preschool offers a seedbed for the development of knowledge and competencies, this development matures through interaction with parents. Therefore, parental expectations and wishes are very likely to affect children's learning. The mobile preschool is a new form of educational practice in Sweden where children travel by bus to different places for play and learning. This form of preschool can potentially lay a foundation for social and ecological sustainability because children learn to meet diverse people, explore different places, and spend time in nature. We interviewed 15 parents of children in a mobile preschool, most from a middle-class background. The main aim was to explore how these parents explain their choice of this type of preschool. Another aim was to identify desirable competencies that the parents think their children will achieve through the mobile preschool. Six themes related to preschool choice were identified; of these themes, "being out in nature" and "enlarging the children's reality" were the most prominent. Two clusters of competencies were distinguished: care-and cooperation-oriented competencies, and freedomand independence-oriented competencies. After analyzing these results in relation to two current educational discourseseducation for sustainable development and entrepreneurship in a neoliberal society-we show how parents participate in reproducing these discourses. These findings add novel and important knowledge to the field of early childhood educational practices concerning parental choice and preferences.

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Russian Immigrant Families’ Child Care Selection in the United States

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2024

Early Childhood Educ J

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Research on immigrant populations shows that child care choices are dependent on the population’s region of origin. While the Russian immigrant population in the United States comprises the largest group of immigrants from Eastern Europe and is likely to increase in the future, there is virtually no research on Russian immigrant families’ child care search and selection criteria. This qualitative study applies the theoretical model of Pungello and Kurtz-Costes (1999), which illustrates how factors such as parental demographic characteristics, environmental context, child characteristics, and parental beliefs play into families’ child care selection. The study draws from semi-structured interviews with 11 Russian immigrant families residing in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States to examine their child care search processes and selection criteria. Results revealed that most parents found child care through friends’ recommendations, Internet search, and online reviews. Nine themes describing child care criteria valued by Russian immigrant families emerged from the analysis. Specifically, parents mentioned culture and personal beliefs, child characteristics, convenience, cost and subsidy, education and learning, program features, facilities and environment, teacher characteristics, and rating and reputation as the major factors in selecting child care. Understanding Russian immigrant parents’ child care information sources and selection criteria will allow for early care and education (ECE) providers to accommodate the needs of Russian immigrant population and for policymakers to facilitate access to ECE programs for these families.

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What Modern Parents Think About Preschool Education

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School physical education courses: A study on challenges and on restoring their functions

School physical education courses: A study on challenges and on restoring their functions

Parental Reasoning on Choosing the Mobile Preschool: Enabling Sustainable Development or Adjusting to a Neoliberal Society?

Russian Immigrant Families’ Child Care Selection in the United States

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