Parent Choice of Early Childhood Education and Care Services

Autor/in	Noble, Karen
Titel	Parent Choice of Early Childhood Education and Care Services
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 32 (2007) 2, S.51-57 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0312-5033
Schlagwörter	Grounded Theory; Early Childhood Education; Social Environment; Pragmatics; School Choice; Child Care; Parent Attitudes; Decision Making; Interviews; Social Influences; Context Effect; Parent Child Relationship; Child Development; Educational Quality; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Soziales Umfeld; Pragmalinguistik; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Elternverhalten; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Sozialer Einfluss; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Kindesentwicklung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	This paper reports on a study designed to enhance knowledge and understanding of parent choice in relation to early childhood education and care (ECEC) services. It investigates the ways parents make their choices of early childhood services and examines and interprets the meanings they ascribe to those choices. An orthodox grounded theory analysis of interviews with parents was conducted to elicit the knowledge bases parents draw on as they make judgements about the early childhood services they access for their children. This investigation informs ECEC professionals about the variations in the ways parents make choices for their young children. Specifically, there is a strong sense of the influence of social context and existing beliefs and understandings. However, equally importantly, parent choice is also strongly influenced by more pragmatic concerns. Therefore, choice of ECEC service is both complex and pragmatic. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10