Trends in Pre-School Enrolment in Turkey: Unequal Access and Differential Consequences

Autor/inn/en	Agirdag, Orhan; Yazici, Zeliha; Sierens, Sven
Titel	Trends in Pre-School Enrolment in Turkey: Unequal Access and Differential Consequences
Quelle	In: Comparative Education, 51 (2015) 4, S.537-554 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068
DOI	10.1080/03050068.2015.1081796
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Trends; Trend Analysis; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Children; Enrollment Trends; Comparative Education; Social Class; Gender Differences; Attendance; Academic Achievement; Regression (Statistics); Data Analysis; Turkey; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsentwicklung; Trendanalyse; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Anwesenheit; Schulleistung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Auswertung; Türkei
Abstract	In this study, a historical and international analysis of early childhood education in Turkey is made. More specifically, we explore the trend in pre-school enrolment, compare Turkey's enrolment rate with other countries, study whether access to pre-school is related to social class and gender, and investigate the impact of pre-school attendance on later academic performance. We use data from the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) 2012 study and World Bank EdStats. The results indicate that Turkey's pre-school enrolment has strongly increased over the years. However, compared with other (newly) industrialised countries, Turkey has a very low pre-school enrolment rate. Regression analyses revealed that pupils from wealthy families are much more likely to attend pre-school than pupils from poor families, while no difference was found between girls and boys. Importantly, pre-school attendance was related to higher academic achievement, even though pupils from wealthy families benefited more than middle-class and poor pupils. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01