Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 3(11), pp. 584 - 590
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2015.031102
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How Would Parents Think about "Children's Learning in Advance and Winning in the Beginning"

Hung-Chang Lee ¹, Mei-Ju Chou ^2,*
1 Department of Early Childhood Education, Taiwan Shoufu University, Taiwan
² Department of Early Childhood Education and Center for Teacher Education, National Pingtung University, Taiwan

ABSTRACT

The study aims to explore Taiwan preschool parents' parenting belief in "children's learning in advance and winning in the beginning" and whether the parenting source differs because of parents' family background. With the appropriation 0.5% categorized as level random selection, 949 young children were selected, and the 709 valid questionnaires were retrieved. The outcomes were concluded as follows. (1) Preschool Parents agree on "the earlier the children participate in brain potential activities, the better the children learn; however, comparing with parenting concept, the real parents' participation rate is less 3.34. (2) Comparing with male parents, female parents emphasizes more on "the earlier the children participate in brain potential activities, the better the children learn; considering the parents' education degree and living area, parents of lower education degree and living far away from city emphasize more on "the earlier the children participate in brain potential activities, the better the children learn. (3) There is a significant difference in parents' parenting belief among the living areas within Taiwan. After the mediating effect of parents' educational degree, the family background living area factor of "near and far away from" city decreases its own influence.

KEYWORDS
Preschool Parents, Parenting Recognition, Parenting Practice

Cite This Paper in IEEE or APA Citation Styles
(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Hung-Chang Lee , Mei-Ju Chou , "How Would Parents Think about "Children's Learning in Advance and Winning in the Beginning"," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 3, No. 11, pp. 584 - 590, 2015. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2015.031102.

(b). APA Format:
Hung-Chang Lee , Mei-Ju Chou (2015). How Would Parents Think about "Children's Learning in Advance and Winning in the Beginning". Sociology and Anthropology, 3(11), 584 - 590. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2015.031102.