Comparison of the Inspection Criteria for Turkish Preschool Institutions with International Accreditation Standards

Autor/inn/en	Özmantar, Zehra Keser; Karatasoglu, Dilek
Titel	Comparison of the Inspection Criteria for Turkish Preschool Institutions with International Accreditation Standards
Quelle	In: International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 5 (2019) 1, S.190-202 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2148-9955
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preschool Education; Accreditation (Institutions); International Cooperation; Standards; Governance; School Culture; Partnerships in Education; Educational Quality; Curriculum; Instruction; Preschool Teachers; Leadership; Student Needs; School Administration; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Standard; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Teaching process; Unterrichtsprozess; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschule; Führung; Führungsposition; Türkei
Abstract	The evaluation of preschool education institutions in Turkey is conducted by two different bodies: The Ministry of National Education (MoNE) and The Ministry of Family and Social Policies (MoFSP). To date, there does not appear any attempt to designate the compliance of MoNE and MoFSP evaluation criteria with international quality standards. This study takes a step forward to this direction in order to put forth the areas in need of special considerations. This study hence aims to determine the extent to which MoNE and MoFSP criteria used for the inspection of Turkish preschool institutions comply with international accreditation standards. Among the qualitative approaches, document analysis method was employed for this study. In this regard, inspection documents prepared by MoNE and MoFSP were examined with reference to Council of International Schools' (CIS) accreditation standards. The analysis suggests that the highest compliance rate was seen in the school management aspect, whereas the lowest compliance rate was seen in the school culture and partnerships for learning aspect for MoNE and management and leadership aspect for MoFSP. Further, preschool education institutions are particularly lacking in multiculturalism and internationalism dimensions in the inspection criteria. Considering the sociological conditions of Turkey with almost 3.5 million Syrian refugees, preschool institutions affiliated with MoNE and MoFSP need to incorporate internationalism/multiculturalism aspects into their philosophy and objectives. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Journal of Research in Education and Science. Necmettin Erbakan University, Ahmet Kelesoglu Education Faculty, Meram, Konya 42090 Turkey. e-mail: ijresoffice@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.ijres.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01