Research Article

The Relationship between the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Socioeconomic Background of Children

Volume: 39-1 Number: 1 September 12, 2022
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The Relationship between the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Socioeconomic Background of Children

Abstract

The quality of early childhood education (ECE) schools and classrooms have been studied by many researchers. The results indicated that there is a considerable gap in terms of quality among ECE schools and classrooms. There is inequality among children from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds in attending high-quality ECE. It is known that a high proportion of the child population is currently attending public ECE schools. Therefore, the current study aims to get comprehensive data about the quality of public ECE classrooms and descriptive data about children’s socioeconomic backgrounds. Based on this, the current study aims to assess whether there is a relationship between these two factors and whether there is a gap among children in terms of reaching high-quality public ECE. This study is correlational research. The Non-random purposive sampling method is used for the data collection. The results show that there is a significant positive correlation between parents’ socioeconomic factors and the quality of ECE classrooms. The study contributed to the ECE literature by identifying the factors related to children, parents, teachers, and the quality of ECE classrooms. There is a need for further research in Turkey that defines and investigates the quality of ECE from a multidimensional perspective and particularly including families, schools, educational programs, and culture.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 12, 2022

Submission Date

March 21, 2022

Acceptance Date

June 13, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 39-1 Number: 1

APA
Özgünlü, M., & Metindoğan, A. (2022). The Relationship between the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Socioeconomic Background of Children. Bogazici University Journal of Education, 39-1(1), 105-130. https://doi.org/10.52597/buje.1090913
AMA
1.Özgünlü M, Metindoğan A. The Relationship between the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Socioeconomic Background of Children. BUJE. 2022;39-1(1):105-130. doi:10.52597/buje.1090913
Chicago
Özgünlü, Merve, and Ayşegül Metindoğan. 2022. “The Relationship Between the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Socioeconomic Background of Children”. Bogazici University Journal of Education 39-1 (1): 105-30. https://doi.org/10.52597/buje.1090913.
EndNote
Özgünlü M, Metindoğan A (September 1, 2022) The Relationship between the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Socioeconomic Background of Children. Bogazici University Journal of Education 39-1 1 105–130.
IEEE
[1]M. Özgünlü and A. Metindoğan, “The Relationship between the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Socioeconomic Background of Children”, BUJE, vol. 39-1, no. 1, pp. 105–130, Sept. 2022, doi: 10.52597/buje.1090913.
ISNAD
Özgünlü, Merve - Metindoğan, Ayşegül. “The Relationship Between the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Socioeconomic Background of Children”. Bogazici University Journal of Education 39-1/1 (September 1, 2022): 105-130. https://doi.org/10.52597/buje.1090913.
JAMA
1.Özgünlü M, Metindoğan A. The Relationship between the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Socioeconomic Background of Children. BUJE. 2022;39-1:105–130.
MLA
Özgünlü, Merve, and Ayşegül Metindoğan. “The Relationship Between the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Socioeconomic Background of Children”. Bogazici University Journal of Education, vol. 39-1, no. 1, Sept. 2022, pp. 105-30, doi:10.52597/buje.1090913.
Vancouver
1.Merve Özgünlü, Ayşegül Metindoğan. The Relationship between the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Socioeconomic Background of Children. BUJE. 2022 Sep. 1;39-1(1):105-30. doi:10.52597/buje.1090913

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