Home-School Cooperation in Rural Kindergartens: A Survey Study with Chinese Kindergarten Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Nini; Yu, Dongqing; Guo, Karen
Titel	Home-School Cooperation in Rural Kindergartens: A Survey Study with Chinese Kindergarten Teachers
Quelle	In: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 31 (2021) 2, S.18-37 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1839-7387
Schlagwörter	Family School Relationship; Parent Participation; Rural Schools; Kindergarten; Foreign Countries; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Teacher Attitudes; Preschool Teachers; Teaching Experience; Differences; Regional Characteristics; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternmitwirkung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Ausland; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Lehrerverhalten; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Unterscheiden; Regionaler Faktor
Abstract	Home-school cooperation in children's education is complex. It could be even more complex in rural contexts, due to the potential contributions of isolated location, insufficient resources, a lack of teachers' professional competence, parental absence or parents' limited understandings about education. A questionnaire survey was designed to explore the views of 1526 Chinese rural kindergarten teachers on home-kindergarten cooperation. The purposes of the study were to analyse 1) how the rural teachers perceived and experienced home-kindergarten cooperation; 2) what personal and professional factors influenced teachers' perspectives and experiences; and 3) similarities and differences of teachers' views. Two results emerged from the study. Firstly, common themes concerning teachers' regular communications with parents were identified. Secondly, it is also the case that home-school cooperation was subjected to limited cooperative activities and a lack of organisational structures in the kindergartens. The study concludes with a discussion of some implications of the positive and challenging factors for encouraging cooperative home-school relationships in rural kindergartens. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia. P.O. Box 659, Wembly, Western Australia 6913. Tel: +08-9285-0626; e-mail: admin@spera.asn.au; Web site: http://www.spera.asn.au/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01