After School of Elementary Students — A Study of After-school Day Care Arrangement Made by Professional Women for Their School-age Children

• Main Authors: Lu, Lung Chu, 呂龍珠
• Other Authors: Duan, Hui Ying
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/14491843551871970384

碩士 === 國立台北護理學院 === 嬰幼兒保育研究所 === 94 === Abstract The main purposes of the study are to explore multi-roles’ conflicts of professional women, and the status of elementary school-age children ‘s after-school day care arrangement made by professional women. And, understand professional women’s demand and expectation of after-school day care. Hopefully, the authority could utilize the study result as a reference to constitute the policy of after-school day care. Methods being chosen are in-depth interviewing and spot observation on after-school day care institutions; the total number of the interviewee is six, which are all professional women with school-age children. Spot observations include: visiting six after-school day care institutions in Tianmu region of Taipei city. The study discovers that following factors will affect the selection of after-school day care arrangement: The struggle of multi-role and stereotyped of traditional motherhood, the functionality of family support system, the support of the mother’s work place and the value discipline of parents. A professional woman with more social stimulation is not equeal to have more effective information than a fulltime housewife. Because of time constrain, professional women are more rely on word of mouth to select after-school day care. It is difficult for fulltime professional women to observe the after-school day care institutes or meet with the teachers. Therefore, encourage the children to reveal their viewpoint will help to find out the problem in the early stage. While the part time professional women are different - they can know the after-school day care institutes better through following methods: observe from the side, random check of school bus and establish the relationship with the staffs of the school. The purposes of professional women’s selection on after-school day care include: children’s day care, academic cramming, talent development, environment to increase the effectiveness of study and the opportunity of interaction with companions. Due to pressure of being multi-role, some professional women develop their own unique and convenient ways of children’s day care arrangement, such as selecting two after-school day care institutes simultaneously or selecting the elementary school’s after-class day care for transportation convenience. In general, the professional women select the after-school day care base on social pressure and improving school academic performance. They will switch the day care arrangement if the institute can’t meet the preset expectation. English lesson is the mainstream of course arrangement of after-school day care institutes. Since the courses become more versatile, the service targets are not limited to double-income family now. Versatile talent development courses give the professional women more choices and also save their time on transportation. The professional women selecting after-school day care is expected to be changed from overtired and anxious to being satisfied and from hearsay to receiving effective information. Accordingly, let the after-school “second round” of elementary student becomes a “happy round”. Key Words：school-age children, after-school day care, professional women, second round