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.