ERIC Number: EJ1030113
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0966-9760
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Increasing Programme Effectiveness through Parent Empowerment: The Getting Ready for School Project in Tajikistan
Whitsel, Christopher Michael; Lapham, Kate
International Journal of Early Years Education, v22 n1 p105-116 2014
Within the development studies framework, empowerment involves increasing individual agency vis-à-vis the formal and informal opportunity structure. The Open Society Foundation's Early Childhood Programme developed the Getting Ready for School programme specifically for parents of preschool-age children to use at home in the year before school to build early math and literacy skills in their children. In Tajikistan, parents met on a regular basis with teachers in their local schools to learn activities to use with their children at home. Focus group reports indicated that parents gained knowledge and self-confidence as a result of programme participation, considered foundational aspects of the empowerment process. Responses also demonstrated that parents displayed characteristics of empowerment as they used programme activities and skills not only with their six-year-old child, but with siblings, extended family members and community children. They also shared the skills they learned with family members and neighbours.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Parent Role, Parents, Preschool Children, Empowerment, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Parents as Teachers, Focus Groups, Self Esteem, Rural Education, Educational Environment, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Program Evaluation, Parent Participation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Tajikistan
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