The examination of the relationship between the family participation in the pre-school education and the level of the academic self-respect of children based on parental view

In this research, it is aimed to examine the relationship between the family participation activities applied in the pre-school educational institution and academic self-respect of the children in terms of the different variables. In this research conducted, the descriptive survey model is used to set forth an existing case. The working group of the research is composed of the families of 380 children receiving the pre-school education in four nursery schools and five nursery classes of primary school in the central county, which are affiliated with Bolu Provincial Directorate for National Education in 2011-2012 academic year.?Family Participation Scale?, ?Scale of Academic Self-Respect? and ?Personal Information Form? are used to acquire data of the research. SPSS 16.0 which is computer-based statistical package analysis program is utilized to analyze the acquired data.The frequency and percentage distribution of the data reflecting the demographic features/characteristics of the families gathered via personal information form are examined. T-Test (Paired Samples T-Test) and the single factoral variance (ANOVA) analysis are used to examine the differences in terms of the independent variables (the genders, number of children of families; the ages, occupational status, educational levels of mothers and fathers; ages and genders of children) concerning the participation level of the families of the children continuing their education in the pre-school educational institution in the family participation activities. T-Test (Paired Samples T-Test) and the single factoral variance (ANOVA) analysis are used to examine the differences in terms of the independent variables (the genders, number of children of families; the ages, occupational status, educational levels of mothers and fathers; ages and genders of children) concerning the academic self-respect level of the children according to the perception of the families whose children are continuing their education in the pre-school educational institution. The family participation activities, the relationship between the participation level of the families and the academic self-respect level of the children are examined with Pearson correlation coefficient) analysis.Following the research, no significant differences are determined in the family participation scores of the families in terms of the number of children of families, the ages and educational level of the mothers and fathers, the occupational status of the fathers, the ages of the children and the genders of the children (p>.05). No significant differences are determined in the academic self-respect scores of the children according to the perception of the families in terms of the number of children of families, the ages, educational level and occupational status of the mothers and fathers, the ages of the children and the genders of the children (p>.05). A significant difference is found in the family participation scores of the families in terms of the variables of gender and occupation of the mothers. A significant difference is found in the academic self-respect scores of the children according to the perception of the families in terms of the gender variable of the families (p<.05). When the relationship is examined between the participation level of the families in the family participation activities applied in the pre-school educational institutions and the academic self-respect of the children, it is seen that there is a positive relationship at the medium level.