Parental Participation in the Development of Preschool Child Development Centers in Nong Rua District, Khon Kaen Province

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to: 1) study parental participation in the development of preschool child development centers under the jurisdiction of local administrative organization in Nong Rua district, Khon Kaen province, 2) investigate the needs of parental participation, and 3) propose a model for increasing parental participation. The study employed mixed method for data collection: 1) Quantitative data collection using survey method with questionnaire interview with 50 parents 2) Qualitative data collection using focus group discussion method including 40 parents. It was found that: 1) the overall parental participation was at medium level (=3.35), (S.D.=0.75), 2) the highest aspect in needs for participation of parents was to participate in teachers’ work performance, and 3) the model for increasing was proposed under as a System Modal Approach which had been for appropriateness. More than fifty percent of participants in focus group discussion opined a that every activities in the model could be implemented at the very good level. However, ninety percent of participants viewed that participation in teacher’ recruitment was the least appropriate for implementation