Working With Parents and Families in Early Childhood Education 2020
DOI: 10.4324/9780429288876-9
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Parental involvement in Finnish day care – what do early childhood educators say?

Abstract: Research conducted in recent decades shows that parental involvement plays a significant role in the academic achievement and the healthy development of children. Gaining a better understanding of early childhood educators' views and the reasons for insufficient practices is important for improving parental involvement. This mixed-method research investigates the views on parental involvement held by early childhood educators in Finland. A representative sample of 287 educators from Helsinki completed a questi… Show more

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“…Importantly, similar results were also determined in this current study, where kindergarten teachers regarded technology use as important for ECE but also believed envolvement practices were insufficient. This can be evidence that a gap between the rhetoric and practice exists (Cottle & Alexander, 2014;Hakyemez, 2015;Hakyemez-Paul, Pihlaja & Silvennoinen, 2018;Hakyemez-Paul, Lähteenmäki & Pihlaja, 2021;Hornby & Lafaele, 2011). When it comes to the kindergarten teachers' reasons for low parental e-nvolvement, the two most stated reasons were parents' financial status and lack of knowledge regarding parental e-nvolvement.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Importantly, similar results were also determined in this current study, where kindergarten teachers regarded technology use as important for ECE but also believed envolvement practices were insufficient. This can be evidence that a gap between the rhetoric and practice exists (Cottle & Alexander, 2014;Hakyemez, 2015;Hakyemez-Paul, Pihlaja & Silvennoinen, 2018;Hakyemez-Paul, Lähteenmäki & Pihlaja, 2021;Hornby & Lafaele, 2011). When it comes to the kindergarten teachers' reasons for low parental e-nvolvement, the two most stated reasons were parents' financial status and lack of knowledge regarding parental e-nvolvement.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the process of learning, every movement and every look needs teachers' demonstration and guidance. Students begin with basic imitation learning, and through teachers' constant correction and guidance, they complete their own flesh-and-blood memory, and gradually master the key points and skills of every movement, thus realizing their learning goals (Hakyemez et al, 2018). As the goal of dance teaching curriculum is to train students to learn dance knowledge and demonstrate dance skills, and it is also a key course for dance students to exercise their temperament and shape their good bodies, how to make effective use of online rich teaching resources is a key problem to be solved at present.…”
Section: Teaching Mode Of Dance Online Training Institutionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For teachers, this includes values embedded in their training and engagement in the ECEC sector as well as the various time points and contexts worked in such as kindergarten or daycare. For caregivers, this includes values brought to their parenting role including generational values about playing outdoors (Parsons & Traunter, 2020), those associated with experiences as a first-time caregiver or caregiver of more than one child, and their involvement in settings such as playgroups or preschools (Hakemez-Paul et al, 2018; McLean et al, 2018). In seeking to ensure that all children have opportunities to learn through play it would seem important therefore, to understand how culture is represented in what adults think play is, and in informing its provision.…”
Section: Culture Play and Learning In Early Childhoodmentioning
confidence: 99%