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RESEARCH OF PARENTS' ATTITUDES CONCERNING COOPERATION WITH KINDERGARTENS

Biserka Petrović·Sočo ; Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb

Abstract

Much scientific research in the field concerning cooperation
between family and kindergarten and its influence on the education
and development of the child indicate that there are strong
connections between these two social contexts and that they
support the child's developmental potential. Thus, in the research
carried out we wanted to find out what were the parents' attitudes
towards the cooperation with the kindergarten, and whether there
were differences in the attitudes of the parents of both the experimental
and control groups. By means of a scale of opinions, 237
parents were examined from 4 Zagreb and 2 Čakovec kindergartens.
The variance analysis established a statistically significant
difference in the attitudes of parents with regard to situations
in which the (im) possibility of spending time with the child/children
either in the family or institutional context of the child's life is
indicated, with regard to the integration of children with developmental
difficulties into the regular pre-school program and with
regard to the kindergarten teacher's need to inform about the
improvement of the child/children. However, in spite of these
differences in the attitudes of parents, it can be generally concluded,
based on the results, that parents are interested in cooperating
with kindergartens.

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Hrčak ID:

32369

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/32369

Publication date:

1.7.1995.

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