This paper reports Turkish and Chinese parents’ experiences with their 3–6 year-old children during the COVID-19 quarantine process. Thirteen Turkish and 11 Chinese parents participated in a study that employed semi-structured interviews to examine participant self-perceived experiences. Findings show that the study revealed many commonalities in the experiences of Turkish and Chinese parents with their children during the COVID-19 quarantine process. Cultural differences between parents did not appear to significantly reflect the responses of parents during this extraordinary period. Parents mostly described difficulties with home quarantine. Most parents stated that their daily schedule and routines had changed as a result of home quarantine. Parents also said that they were unaware of their children’s developmental progress and the extent to which their children had grown up before the quarantine. Parents shared both positive and negative experiences during the process. Since the quarantine process is an extraordinary experience for all family members, parents should be encouraged to put those positive experiences and acquisitions into their future life.

Bir araştırma yöntemi olarak doküman analizi Document analysis as a research method

Öz: Bu çalışmanın amacı 4-6 yaş aralığında çocuğu olan anne babaların ebeveynlik tutumlarını incelemektir. Çalışmada açıklayıcı karma yöntem kullanılmış; bu nedenle de ilk olarak nicel veriler toplanmış, ardından nicel verilerin açıklanması için nitel veriler toplanmıştır. Veri toplama sürecinde öncelikle 258 anne-babaya Ebeveyn Tutum Ölçeği (ETÖ) uygulanmış, sonrasında ise bu annebabalardan 20'si ile görüşmeler yapılmıştır. Nicel verilerin analizinde bağımsız örneklemler için t testi ve tek faktörlü ANOVA kullanılmıştır. Nitel veriler ise kelime listeleme tekniği kullanılarak kodlanmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda, anne-babaların cinsiyetlerine, yaşadıkları bölgeye, öğrenim durumlarına, yaşlarına, evlendikleri yaşa ve sahip oldukları çocuk sayısına göre ebeveynlik tutumları arasında anlamlı farklar bulunmuştur. Çalışmanın sonuçlarına göre, anne-babaların çoğunun, kendi anne-babalık tutumu hakkında bir farkındalık sahibi olduğu ve sahip oldukları tutumları açıklarken alan yazına paralel ifadeler kullandıkları belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca, anne-babalar sahip oldukları anne-babalık tutumlarını etkileyen faktörler olarak en çok yetiştirilme tarzlarını ve psikolojik durumlarını ifade etmişlerdir.

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The COVID-19 pandemic, which affects all areas of life, has also affected children in need of education and care. It is of great importance to develop policies that take into account the best interests of children in this process. In this review article, the policies developed for early childhood education and care during the pandemic period in five countries (Australia, Croatia, Hungary, Spain, and Turkey), how they are implemented, the problems that arose, and the solutions produced are discussed. As a result, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that we need to focus on eliminating the educational inequalities, set policies for the welfare of children on foundations that are more realistic, rebuild teacher training, and improve the welfare of families. Priorizating the best interests of the child in the policies to be developed and building the social ecology on justice will ease overcoming the crises that will be faced.

The purpose of this study was to describe to what extent four preschool teachers in Turkey have developmentally appropriate beliefs and practices related to two dimensions of classroom management. The participants of the study were four female teachers working in Ankara. The data of this study were collected through a demographic information protocol, interviews, classroom observations, and a document review. The findings of the study showed that preschool teachers' beliefs were closer to developmentally appropriate practices than their self-reported and actual practices. Also, teachers' actual practices were mainly influenced by the physical characteristics of the schools and children's characteristics. ARTICLE HISTORY

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