The Effect of Family Education Program on Awareness of the Concepts of Family and Child in Preschool Period
Chapter from the book:
Baltacı,
Ö.
(ed.)
2023.
Educational Sciences Research II.
Synopsis
Children begin to learn from the moment they are born, and the most important environmental factor that is the source of these learning is the family (Kılıç, 2010; Özbey, 2010). Qualified environments in which children can realize their development at the highest level during the early childhood years, which are considered to be the critical years of life, can be created by dealing with each other in an interactive and transitive manner by the child-educator (school)-family-society quartet. This study was carried out in order to reveal the effect of the parent university application applied to parents on families. In this study, action research, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. This study, which was planned as a classical action research, was designed according to the Mills Model, one of the action research models. Interview forms were used in the data collection phase of the research. After the preliminary interviews with the participants and the training program, the final interviews were held. The framework of the Family Education Program and the arrangement of its implementation process were carried out by the researchers. 14 parents with children in the pre-school period participated voluntarily in the Family Education Program, which was implemented for 10 weeks. The data obtained from the pre- and post-interviews with the participants were cast and analyzed using the content analysis method. Content analysis was made using the MAXQDA program, and the presentation of the data obtained from the content analysis of the interview results obtained from the pre-interview and the final interview was designed with the help of MAXQDA using figures and graphics. After the Parent Education Program, it was determined that the parents strengthened themselves in communication. In addition, it has been seen that AEP strengthens families and while families previously felt competent and strong in only a few areas, this area expanded after the training.