Education Reform and the Quality of Kindergartens in Jordan

Autor/inn/en	Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Obeidat, Osama M.; Lansford, Jennifer E.
Titel	Education Reform and the Quality of Kindergartens in Jordan
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 180 (2010) 9, S.1203-1213 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Kindergarten; Change Strategies; Public Education; Private Education; Observation; Educational Environment; Educational Quality; Program Evaluation; Learning Activities; Parent School Relationship; Jordan; Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Lösungsstrategie; Öffentliche Erziehung; Privatunterricht; Beobachtung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Lernaktivität; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung
Abstract	The present study evaluates a major education reform in Jordan--the implementation of public kindergartens--and provides an example of how evaluation can be incorporated into education reform. In the context of education reform in Jordan, 532 public kindergartens have been created over the last five years. A stratified random sample of kindergartens was selected to represent these new public kindergartens (n = 84) and previously existing private kindergartens (n = 23). Independent observers rated the quality of kindergarten environments in seven domains. Overall, 13% of public kindergarten environments were observed to be inadequate, 43% were of minimal quality, 43% were good and 1% was excellent. In four of the seven domains, the quality of public kindergartens was significantly higher than the quality of private kindergartens; there were no significant differences in the other domains. Findings suggest the importance of continuing to implement high quality kindergartens in Jordan and of incorporating evaluations into education reform. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10