A STUDY OF PARENTS' SATISFACTION TOWARDS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION MANAGEMENT OF SMALL SCHOOLS UNDER PHICHIT PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 2

Abstract

            The purposes of this study were to investigate and compare the parents’ satisfaction towards early childhood education management classified by educational level, age and occupation. The sample was 260 parents of early childhood determined by using Krejcie & Morgan formula, obtained by simple random sampling. The instrument was a questionnaire regarding the parents’ satisfaction towards early childhood education management with a reliability at 0.97. Data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation, t-test independent, and analysis of variance (One-way ANOVA).

            The study findings were as follows:

1. The satisfaction of the parents towards early childhood education management in overall was at a high level. To considering each aspect, the highest satisfaction was the quality of early childhood, followed by the providing of caring and learning experiences and play for early childhood development by teachers/child caretakers, and the management of early childhood development centers, respectively. 2. The comparison of the parents’ satisfaction towards early childhood education management classified by educational level, age and occupation in overall was not different.