Publication: Imagine the next generation: Multiple voices on childhood experience from Turkey
Date
2018
Authors
Toran, Mehmet
Hacıfazlıoğlu, Özge
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Publisher
Taylor and Francis Online
Abstract
This study aims to reveal the meanings attached to the concept of
childhood and discuss how it is conceptualized and shaped with cultural
attributes by parents and preschool teachers. The study was based on
both quantitative and qualitative stance. One hundred and thirty
parents and 125 preschool teachers participated in the first phase of the
study. As a follow-up study, face to face interviews were also conducted
with 11 parents and 13 preschool teachers to provide in-depth
explanations for the definitions of childhood. Results showed that
parents and preschool teachers placed the child as the representative of
the moral values as well as emphasizing the obedience as one of the
main qualities that a child should have. Their expectancies from their
children seem to be in parallel with the meaning they attribute to
childhood. Cultural, educational and psychological factors seem to be
influential in the ways parents and preschool teachers define childhood.
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Keywords
Childhood, Generation, Preschool Teacher, Parent