Study in Relation between Parents’ Awareness of Preschools’ Innovative Management and Factors in Parents’ Selections of Preschools in Nantou County

• Main Authors: Shu-Tzu Hsu, 許淑姿
• Other Authors: Tzu-Yi Chiang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63516841154869838497

碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 幼兒教育學系碩士班 === 102 === The object of this study is to discuss the relation between parents’ awareness of preschools’ innovative management and factors in parents’ selections of preschools. There will be some concrete suggestions made according to the research, and hopefully these suggestions practically assist the preschools to try to adopt innovative management to enhance competitiveness and to establish their own featured images for the purpose of being the most outstanding choices for parents. The method used in this study was the customized questionnaire on Parents’ Awareness of Preschools’ Innovative Management and Factors in Parents’ Selections of Preschools in Nantou County targeting to parents of public or private preschools in Nantou County, with 682 valid questionnaires from 844 parents. After the questionnaire had been gathered, the questionnaires were analyzed in adoption of methods of descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance and Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient. The results are as follows: 1. Present situations of parents’ awareness of preschools’ innovative management and factors in parents’ selections of preschools a. The degree on “curriculum innovation” of parents’ awareness of preschools’ innovative management is the highest, while that on “innovative administration management” is the lowest. b. The degree on “environment and facilities” on factors in parents’ selections of preschools is the highest, while that on “curriculum and teaching” is the lowest. 2. There are distinct variances in results among parents of different schools or family structures on the topic of awareness of preschool’s innovative management. a. Results from parents of private preschools show higher degrees on “resources application” than those from parents of public preschools do. b. Results from parents of two-parent, three-generation extended or single-parent families show higher degrees on “preschool innovative management” than those of other parents do. 3. There are distinct variances in results among parents of different identities, occupations, family incomes, educational backgrounds or schools on the topic of factors in parents’ selections of preschools. a. “Mothers” value “teachers’ proficiency” more than parents of non two-parent families do. b. Parents of higher occupational levels value “curriculum and teaching” more than those of lower occupational levels do. c. Parents of higher family incomes value “curriculum and teaching”, “teachers’ proficiency”, “feelings of children” more than parents of lower family incomes do. Additionally, parents of higher family incomes have higher degrees on overall awareness of parents’ selections of preschool than parents of parents of lower family incomes do. d. Parents of higher educational backgrounds value “curriculum and teaching “more than parents of lower educational backgrounds do. e. Parents of private preschools value “institution information”, “feelings of children” more than parents of public preschools do. In addition, parents of private educational backgrounds have higher degrees on overall awareness of parents’ selections of preschools than parents of private preschools do. 4. Parents of lower occupational levels, family incomes or educational backgrounds values “traditional methods” more than those of higher occupational levels, family incomes or educational backgrounds do. It is discovered that parents of lower occupational levels, family incomes or educational backgrounds tend to value “appropriate portion of homework and home learning”, “provision of phonetic symbols, reading and math lessons” more than those of higher occupational levels, family incomes or educational backgrounds do. 5. Attitudes of one-child parents of private preschools on extra-curriculum activities One-child parents of private preschools value “regular field trips and other extra-curriculum activities” more than two-child parents of public preschools do. 6. There is positive relation between innovative management of preschools and factors in parents’ selections of preschools. The suggestions according to the results are presented as references to government sectors, preschool managers, preschools parents and latter researchers. Key words: preschools, innovative management, factors in parents’ selections of preschools