Trends in pre-school enrolment in Turkey
Unequal access and differential consequences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11894189 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Orhan Agirdag (0000-0002-5508-1501, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author), Zeliha Yazıcı (0000-0003-3640-5846, Akdeniz University), Zeliha Yazici, Sven Sieren (0000-0002-3781-6498, Ghent University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 537-554 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-0068 • E-ISSN: 1360-0486 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03050068.2015.1081796 |
| OpenAlex | W1841613386 |
| Language | NL |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 22 |
In this study, a historical and international analysis of early childhood education in Turkey is made. More specifically, we explore the trend in pre-school enrolment, compare Turkey's enrolment rate with other countries, study whether access to pre-school is related to social class and gender, and investigate the impact of pre-school attendance on later academic performance. We use data from the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) 2012 study and World Bank EdStats. The results indicate that Turkey's pre-school enrolment has strongly increased over the years. However, compared with other (newly) industrialised countries, Turkey has a very low pre-school enrolment rate. Regression analyses revealed that pupils from wealthy families are much more likely to attend pre-school than pupils from poor families, while no difference was found between girls and boys. Importantly, pre-school attendance was related to higher academic achievement, even though pupils from wealthy families benefited more than middle-class and poor pupils
Academic achievement · Attendance · Differential (mechanical device · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Mathematics education · Political science · Sociology · Demography · Early Childhood Education and Development · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
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| Citations per year | 1.13 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |