ERIC Number: EJ1112471
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1691-4147
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Values and Values Education in Estonian Preschool Child Care Institutions
Ülavere, Pärje; Veisson, Marika
Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, v17 n2 p108-124 2015
The objective of the study was to provide an outline of the values that principals, teachers and parents of preschool child care institutions consider important to be taught to children, and which activities, in their estimation, should be used to implement values education in child care institutions. A total of 978 respondents from all 15 Estonian counties returned the quantitative questionnaire, including 163 principals, 425 teachers, and 390 parents of preschool child care institutions. The statistical data analysis was applied to process the quantitative data obtained. The values that are more important to be taught to children, according to principals, include sense of humour as well as pride and inventiveness, whereas teachers value patience as a significantly more important value to be taught. Compared to principals, parents consider confidence and commitment more important, while, compared to teachers, parents consider it more important that kindergartens teach the importance of a good education. Values education in child care institutions takes place primarily in adherence to the relevant group's rules in the course of everyday communication and activities. Personal role models are considered to be very important in values education.
Descriptors: Values Education, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Humor, Preschool Education, Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Counties, Questionnaires, Personality Traits, Comparative Analysis, Teacher Attitudes, Kindergarten, Role Models, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Estonia
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