Australian Parents' Needs and Expectations Regarding out of School Hours Care: A Pilot Study

Autor/inn/en	Winefield, Helen; Piteo, Alicia; Kettler, Lisa; Roberts, Rachel; Taylor, Anne; Tuckey, Michelle; Denson, Linley; Thomas, Kay; Lamb, Ian
Titel	Australian Parents' Needs and Expectations Regarding out of School Hours Care: A Pilot Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Childhood Research, 9 (2011) 3, S.196-206 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-718X
DOI	10.1177/1476718X10389142
Schlagwörter	Employed Parents; Family Work Relationship; Foreign Countries; Needs Assessment; Expectation; Pilot Projects; Family Needs; Parent Attitudes; Participant Satisfaction; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; After School Programs; Mothers; Telephone Surveys; Interviews; Educational Quality; Early Childhood Education; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bedarfsermittlung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Elternverhalten; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Mother; Mutter; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Australien
Abstract	An increasing number of working parents are making use of out of school hours care (OSHC) for their young primary-school aged children, but in Australia very little is known about how effectively these services meet parent needs. The present pilot study aimed to gather information non-directively from employed parents, first, about how OSHC use affects their workforce participation and ability to resolve the competing demands of work and family responsibilities. The second goal was to gain some idea of what parents look for in OSHC and how satisfied they feel with the service they use. Thirteen mothers answered open-ended but structured questions in a telephone interview. They expressed how vital OSHC services are in enabling them to work, but usually did not spontaneously evaluate the quality of the service. Results suggest a need for more systematic research on OSHC quality, and how it does or might contribute to parent and child well-being. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10