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© Kamla-Raj 2004 Anthropologist, 6(3): 201-208 (2004)
Parental Concepts About Preschool Education
Neeru Sharma, Sumati Vaid and Rishta Dhawan
P.G. Department of Home Science, University of Jammu, Jammu 180 006, Jammu and Kashmir, India
KEYWORDS Childhood. Preschool. Education. Stress. Socialization.
ABSTRACT The present study was done with a purpose to know the parental concepts about the pre-school education. An urban sample of 65 parents [mother (n=50), father (n=15)] whose children were in the age group of 3-6 years was selected for the purpose. The data was collected with the help of Interview schedule Findings of the study indicate that though parents consider early childhood education as important for development of child yet they are ignorant about the play way approach. They lay more emphasis on 3R’s (reading, writing and arithmetic). Preschool has emerged as a downward extension of formal system of education where teaching is aimed at learning skills of reading, writing and arithmetic. Parents report that preschools in which their children are studying consider play-way as good but lay emphasis on training in 3R’s even as early as the child joins the school. Teaching aids and educational games are also used but not very frequently, as reported by the parents. Parents are generally satisfied with type of education being imparted to their children in the preschools, as they have no alternatives.
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