The Survey About After-School Care at Elementary Schools in Taichung City and County

• Main Authors: Ya-Ping Chen, 陳雅萍
• Other Authors: none
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9aymk2

碩士 === 朝陽科技大學 === 幼兒保育系碩士班 === 94 === This research is intended to study after school child care at elementary schools in Taichung city and county. Research aims include: 1. To describe after school child care at elementary schools in Taichung city and county. 2. To examine the relations between variables of after school child care and elementary schools. 3. To study difficulties encountered by elementary schools at providing after school child care and reasons preventing schools from providing after school child care. Questionnaire survey was used. Population included 234 elementary schools in Taichung city and county. Researcher first called to inquire participation possibility. 206 directors and 385 caregivers agreed to participate. The final return rates were 84.47% for directors and 84.94% of caregivers. Descriptive statistics, t tests, chi-square tests, Pearson product-moment correlations, and ANOVA tests were conducted. Results included: 1.60.3% elementary schools in Taichung county, and 44.2% in Taichung city provided after-school care. 56.3% elementary schools provided after school care in Taichung city and county. 2.174 directors participated in this study; their average age was 42.71(SD=6.88); 58.6% were men; 55.2% had a university degree, 44.3% had a Master’s degree and above. 3.322 after-school caregivers participated in this study, their average age was 36.49(SD=7.25); 87.9% were women; 50.9% had a university degree, 27.32% had a high school diploma, 16.16% graduated from junior colleges; 39.3% also were full-time school teachers. 4.After school care curriculum included an average of 10.47 hours of school-related academic activities (such as homework), 10.81 hours of academic extracurricular activities (such as English, abacus, etc.), 3.05 hours of non-academic extracurricular activities (such as sports, arts, etc.), and 4.96 hours of daily care activities (such as snacks, naps, etc.) per week. 5.The numbers of after-school care classrooms, student-to-teacher ratios, and caregivers with no specialized training in Taichung county were higher than in Taichung city. 6.The higher the numbers of students, full-time school teachers, classes in elementary schools were, the higher the amount of time allocated for school-related academic activities and daily care. 7.Schools encountered difficulties related to schools (e.g., lack of funding and caregivers), parents (e.g., low participation rate), and children (e.g., discipline and academic help with mixed-age groups). 8.The reasons schools did not provide after school care were related to schools (e.g., lack of caregivers, administration difficulties), parents (low needs), and off-campus environments (surrounded by many private after-school programs).