Whole-day or half-day kindergarten? Chinese parents' perceptions, needs, and decisions in a privatised marketplace

Lau, Michelle Marie; Li, Hui

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104427

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“…In addition to fostering teachers in the process of educating and teaching, school principals foster personal, professional, and social relationships with the school community (Suriansyah & Aslamiah, 2015;Umi et al, 2019). An element that is no less important in a learning process is the participation and support of parents (Lau & Li, 2019;López et al, 2021). Parental support is an awareness of the responsibility to educate and nurture children continuously by providing assistance by parents to children to meet children's basic needs in the form of giving attention, feeling safe and comfortable, and feeling affection (Creed et al, 2012;Dong et al, 2020).…”

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English Learning Practices

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Adequate facilities and infrastructure are not yet ready so that learning cannot run smoothly. The purpose of this study was to analyze the process of learning English. This research is qualitative, descriptive research that tends to use analysis and emphasizes process and meaning more. The approach used in this study is phenomenological. Data collection methods used in this study were interviews, questionnaires, and observation. The instrument used to analyze the data is a questionnaire. The data analysis technique used is descriptive qualitative analysis. The results of this study are that four critical factors support the smooth running of the English learning process: the principal, parents of students, students, and educators. The role of the principal, especially the support of the principal in the form of providing facilities and infrastructure, is an essential factor because, without this learning, it will not be able to run smoothly. The role of parents is also essential because their assistance to students will be able to provide a learning atmosphere. Student motivation is also an essential key to the success of learning English. This research with the results wants to show that various parties pay attention to four main factors for the smooth teaching and learning activities process.

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“…The revenue from private kindergartens mainly included initial financial input, tuition fees, social donations, and government subsidies (Wu, 2015). However, since the system of private kindergartens was different from public kindergartens, neither the state allocates the funding source for running kindergartens nor the premises and teachers, and the primary source of revenue was the charges for education services, namely tuition fees (Gu, 2006;Lau & Li. 2019).…”

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“…There were also a few other financial support channels from society. Overall, the private kindergarten's revenue structure was single, which came from tuition fees (accounting for 95.33% of total revenue) (Wu, 2015;Lau & Li. 2019).…”

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Striving for Sustainable Development: Analysis of the Revenue and Operation Cost of Private Kindergartens in Chinese Society

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This study explores the revenue and operation cost structures of private kindergartens in China as profitability is key to their sustainable development. Altogether 233 private kindergartens were sampled and involved in the survey study, which provides a quantitative analysis of the researcher-designed Questionnaire on the Revenue and Cost of Private Kindergartens (QRCPK). And 23 of these participating kindergartens were involved in a semi-structured interview. Analyses of both survey and interview data jointly indicated that: (1) the majority of the revenue of private kindergartens depended on the tuition fees; (2) their labor cost and rent costs are massive high; (3) the low profitability has been proved by the high cost-revenue ratio; (4) the poor cost accounting and financial management strategies hindered the sustainable development of private kindergartens.

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“…Perception is described as a manner of recognizing and perceiving understanding facts (Dumitrescu et al, 2014;Edwards, 2018;Xu & Wu, 2021). Perception is also defined as the ability to see, understand, then interpret a stimulus so that it becomes something meaningful and produces interpretation (Lau & Li, 2019;Omotayo & Haliru, 2020;Sorensen, 2013). Students' perceptions reflect their attitudes or behavior obtained from observations during the online learning process.…”

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Students’ Perception on The Use of Google Classroom in English Online Learning at A Rural Junior High School

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2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the learning process initially done in class to turn into online learning. It causes teachers to need media to support online learning. The current problem is the limited student network due to geographical conditions. The students were also confused about operating Google Classroom under certain conditions due to a lack of knowledge about using the pedagogical platform. This study aimed to analyze students' perceptions of the use of google classroom in online English learning in rural high schools. This research was designed using a qualitative study. Data was collected through 2 instruments, namely questionnaires and interviews. Then, Miles and Huberman's theory is used in analyzing data where data analysis consists of four parts: data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing/verification. The study results are. First, students' perceptions of Google Classroom as an online learning medium are categorized as positive. Second, the obstacles faced by students during the implementation of Google Classroom in online learning are limited interaction between students because students focus on interacting with teachers, and students consider Google Classroom ineffective because it cannot adapt to applications as seen from student responses when some of them do not understand about features in Google Classroom. Third, students have complaints when accessing Google Classroom where students cannot join classes because they do not have cellular data, which means they cannot access Google Classroom and cannot study online courses. Fourth, students are late submitting assignments because they are waiting for cellular and internet data. It can be concluded that the use of google classroom in learning experiences several obstacles, so it needs to be considered.

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Whole-day or half-day kindergarten? Chinese parents' perceptions, needs, and decisions in a privatised marketplace

Cited by 6 publications

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English Learning Practices

English Learning Practices

Striving for Sustainable Development: Analysis of the Revenue and Operation Cost of Private Kindergartens in Chinese Society

Students’ Perception on The Use of Google Classroom in English Online Learning at A Rural Junior High School

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