Ailelerin ve öğretmenlerin okul öncesi öğretmenlerinin aile ile çalışma rolüne ilişkin bakış açıları

The aim of the study is to investigate and compare parents' and teachers' perspectives on preschool teachers' role about working with families. A quantitative research was conducted for getting parents' and teachers' opinions on preschool teachers' roles about families. The study was conducted during 2018- 2019 academic year with 206 preschool teachers and 203 parents from Çankaya, Yenimahalle and Mamak districts of Ankara. To reach to the purposes of the study; 'Working with Families' scale was used. Family diversity, teacher role with families and family-school communication were the major roles investigated with respect to Hollender's (2010) study. In the current study; preschool teachers' role about family engagement was added to major roles after pilot study. In current study; according to results in both parent and teacher scales; the role about family- school communication has highest mean. Also; in both parent and teacher scale; the role about family- teacher engagement has lowest mean. In role about family- school communication, there is significant difference between parents' and teachers' perspectives. Parents more think that the items which are related with family-school communication are roles of the preschool teachers about working with families than teachers. That is; parents pay attention to communicate with preschool teachers as a role in the process of parent involvement