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The New Workforce Generation: understanding the problems facing parental involvement in Jordanian kindergartens

 
الكاتب/ة الباحث/ة
Dr Fathi Ahmadieh
الناشر/المؤسسة
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
تاريخ الإصدار
2008
الدولة
الأردن
This study aimed to investigate the problems facing parental involvement in Jordanian kindergartens from the parents’ perspectives. A 36-item questionnaire that addressed five domains was designed by the researchers and distributed among the study participants. The study sample consisted of 297 parents of kindergarten children from various kindergartens in Amman. The results reveal that the main problem facing parental involvement was related to the kindergarten principals, followed by problems related to the kindergarten teachers, while the kindergarten facilities were the least serious problem. Also, the results indicate that there were statistically significant differences only with problems related to the kindergarten instructional program domain with regard to the parents’ gender, while there were no differences attributed to the educational and economic levels of the parents. Based on these findings the researchers address a number of suggestions and recommendations for enhancing parental involvement in Jordanian kindergartens.