<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> 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.</p></abstract>

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.

Values and Values Education in Estonian Preschool Child Care Institutions

PhD student, School of Educational Sciences, University of Tallinn, 25 Narva mnt, 10120, Tallinn, Estonia

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The objective of the study was to provide an outline of the values that principals, teachers and parents of preschool child care institutions consider...

Values and Values Education in Estonian Preschool Child Care Institutions

Published Online: Nov 26, 2015

Page range: 108 - 124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jtes-2015-0014

Keywords
values, values education, preschool child care, preschool teachers, parents, preschool principals

© by Pärje Ülavere

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Values and Values Education in Estonian Preschool Child Care Institutions

Published Online: Nov 26, 2015

Page range: 108 - 124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jtes-2015-0014

Keywordsvalues, values education, preschool child care, preschool teachers, parents, preschool principals

© by Pärje Ülavere

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
values, values education, preschool child care, preschool teachers, parents, preschool principals