Examining preschools' quality in terms of physical conditions

Elif Kalkan; Berrin Akman

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.276

Examining preschools' quality in terms of physical conditions

Elif Kalkan
, Berrin Akman

Division of Preschool Education

Hacettepe University

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Abstract

This study aims at investigating the quality of preschools in Turkey in terms of educational environment and comparing the qualities of public preschools, private preschools and preschools operating within an institution. The sample of the study consists of randomly selected 26 preschools located in Ankara. ECERS (Harms et al, 1980) is used as data gathering instrument. The data are analyzed by Correlation Analysis and Kruskal-Wallis Test. As a result, the ECERS- R mean scores are found to be below the "good" level and no significant difference is found among three kinds of preschools in terms of educational environment. This shows that there appears to be a need to improve quality in early childhood education centers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1573-1577
Number of pages	5
Journal	Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Volume	1
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.276
Publication status	Published - 2009

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Keywords

Early childhood environment rating scale (ECERS)
Environment
Preschools
Quality

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