| Yazarlar |
Prof. Dr. Berat AHİ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Doç. Dr. Gökhan KAYA
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Deniz Pamuk
Mersin Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| The study aims to understand the story underlying parents’ preference for forest schools in Turkey and determine the reasons for the choice. This study was conducted according to the narrative study model, one of the qualitative research designs. Within the context of this study, the opinions of parents of five children receiving their education in the forest school during their preschool period were elicited. As a result of the analysis of the interviews conducted, three super themes and seven different codes gathered under these themes were obtained. In conclusion, the reasons for the parents’ choice of forest school instead of a formal education institution were found to be ‘Inconsistency between the parents’ expectations and what is offered by the education system, adverse effects of formal education on the child, family ideal, school experiences, educational philosophy, through recommendation and developmental reasons/concerns. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Forest schools | parents’ reasons | preschool period | school choices |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Early Child Development and Care |
| Dergi ISSN | 0300-4430 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SSCI |
| Dergi Grubu | Q4 |
| Makale Dili | Türkçe |
| Basım Tarihi | 01-2022 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.1080/03004430.2022.2131779 |
| Atıf Sayıları | |
| SCOPUS | 1 |
