Ebeveynlerin Okul Öncesi Eğitime Katılım Düzeylerine İlişkin Algıları / Parents’ Perceptions on Their Involvement in Preschool Education

Ozet Ebeveynlerin okul oncesi egitime katilim duzeylerine iliskin algilarini ortaya cikarmak ve algilarinin cesitli degiskenlere (ebeveynin rolu, medeni durum, gelir duzeyi, ebeveynin meslegi, ebeveynin cocuguyla aktif bicimde ilgilenmek icin ayirdigi surenin ve cocugun ogrenim gordugu kurum turu) gore farklilasma durumunun belirlemek amaciyla gerceklestirilen calisma iliskisel tarama modelinde tasarlanmistir. Calisma Akdeniz bolgesindeki bir ilin alt, orta ve ust sosyo-ekonomik duzeyine gore belirlenen ilcelerindeki devlet ve ozel okullarinda okul oncesi egitimine devam eden ogrencilerin ebeveynleriyle gerceklestirilmistir. Arastirmada tabakali ornekleme yontemiyle belirlenen 398 ebeveyne ulasilmistir. Arastirma verileri “aile katilim olcegi” yardimiyla toplanmistir. Verilerin analizi icin normallik testleri gerceklestirilmistir. Normallik analizleri sonuclarina gore, betimsel istatistikler, parametrik (tek yonlu varyans analizi) ve non-parametrik (mann whitney u testi, kruskal wallis h testi) test istatistikleri uygulanmistir. Calisma bulgulari, ebeveynlerin okul oncesi egitime katilim duzeylerinin yuksek oldugunu ve ebeveynin rolunun, medeni durumunun, gelir duzeyinin, mesleginin, cocuguyla aktif bicimde ilgilenmek icin ayirdigi surenin ve cocugun ogrenim gordugu kurum turunun ebeveynlerin okul oncesi egitime katilim duzeylerinde farklilasma yaratan degiskenler oldugunu gostermektedir. Anahtar Kelimeler:  Ebeveyn, okul oncesi egitime katilim PARENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ON THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION Abstract This study carried out to determine parents’ perceptions about their involvement in preschool education and the change of their perceptions as regards various variables (parents’ role, marital status, economic status, parents’ profession, time allocated to the care of child actively, school type, etc.) is designed in a relational survey model. The study is conducted with parents of students who participate in public/private preschool education instutitons which are chosen from low, middle and high socio-economical class and located in a city in Mediterreanan region. 398 parents chosen with stratified sampling method are involved in the study. Research data are collected via “Parent Involvement Scale”. Descriptive statistics, parametric (one way variance analysis) and nonparametric (mann whitney u test, kruskal wallis h test) test statistics have been conducted for data analysis. Findings of study reveal that the involvement level of parents in preschool education is high and the variables which lead to differences in involvement levels of parents in preschool education appear as “parents’ role, marital status, economic status, parents’ profession, time allocated to the care of child actively and type of institution child participates”.  Key Words: Parents, involvement in preschool education