Survey procedure
Survey consists of 2 stages:
I) In first stage the parents and the members of the staff evaluate a “good kindergarten” in general, using the criteria of Wind Rose. They evaluate each aspect in a scale from 1 to 5.
The results of the first stage give good input for
- discussions with parents and staff to negotiate the meanings of different aspects, to explain, why there were valued so high or low and through this activity
- to build common understanding and shared knowledge about the quality of kindergarten and the aspects that are valued the most in particular kindergarten.
II) During the second stage of the survey the same parents and staff fill the same Wind Rose, but now they evaluate the certain classroom – where their child attends (parents), where they are working (teachers) or different classrooms of kindergarten one by one (the leaders).
Wind Rose model
INPUT quality (curriculum; teaching and learning materials; learning environment; teachers qualification and skills)
OUTCOME quality (the knowledge of children, the skills of children, the results of practical works of children, the behaviour of children)
PROCESS quality (the initaitive of the child: childrens participation in goal-setting, planning, feedback; involvment of children; the motivation and well-being of children; relationships and interactions between staff and children, among children, between teachers and parents, etc.)
Based by Vejleskov, H. (1995) Introduction. An Exploration of the Concept of Involvement as an Indicator for Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education. CIDREE
Results
In first stage the parents and the members of the staff evaluated a “good kindergarten” in general, using the criteria of Wind Rose. They evaluated each aspect in a scale from 1 to 5.
The results give good input for
- discussions with parents and staff to negotiate the meanings of different aspects, to explain, why there were valued so high or low and through this activity
- to build common understanding and shared knowledge about the quality of kindergarten and the aspects that are valued the most in particular kindergarten.
The first results of survey were presented of two stages.
Quantitative data was presented in Greece – link.
Qualitative data was presented in Croatia – link.
An overview of the whole survey is availible from Birgit Pungś master`s thesis “Assessment of parents’ and child care institution’s staff about quality of child care institution on the example of the European Union’s five member states”
Animation to illustrate the aspects of kindergarten quality – authors Maria Jürimäe, Sander Juss, Tartu Univeresity.
Quality - 3C Child 