Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to determine the mother’s developmental expectations from preschool education for their five-year-old children. Mothers of 198 children in the age group of five, who received education in the kindergartens affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in the city center of Malta, were included in the study. In this study, the relative screening model was used in order to examine the expectations of the mothers from preschool education regarding the development of their five-year-old children.  A questionnaire developed by the researcher was used as data collection tool. The questionnaire consisted of two sections as personal information form and expectations related to the development of the children. Statistical Program for Social Sciences (SPSS 22) was used to analyze data. The conformity of quantitative data to normal distribution was examined by using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. One-way analysis of variance (One-Way Anova) were used to analyze the data of the study.  As a result of the study, it was determined that mothers having a nuclear family type and one child had higher expectations compared to mothers. The expectations of mothers were not different in terms of their educational level. Suggestions were made in accordance with the results of the study.

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