Kindergarten Climate in Padang

DOI

10.2991/icece-17.2018.32How to use a DOI?

Keywords

school climate; kindergarten; early childhood education

Abstract

This research aimed to find out whether there were differences in the climates of kindergartens in Padang. Specifically, this research would see whether there were differences in perceptions among the kindergartens' climate experienced (the actual climate) and the climate of the kindergartens that were desired by teachers (preferred climate). The research samples were 50 kindergartens' teachers representing 305 kindergartens in Padang. To obtain the data, this research used the school climate measurement tool adapted from the School Level Environment Scale (SLEQ) which was originally developed by Fisher. The results generally indicated that no significant differences between the actual climate (3.07) and preferred climate (3.25) by the teachers. However, on the scale of participation in decision making (2.80 : 3.49), and physical comfort (2.86 : 3.53), the differences were higher compared to other scales. It was hoped that the principal of kindergartens in the city of Padang would minimize the differences by more involving kindergarten teachers in the decision-making processes and increasing the convenience and more adequate of managing infrastructure of kindergarten.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hadiyanto Hadiyanto
AU  - Rismareni Pransiska
PY  - 2017/12
DA  - 2017/12
TI  - Kindergarten Climate in Padang
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference of Early Childhood Education (ICECE 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 128
EP  - 130
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icece-17.2018.32
DO  - 10.2991/icece-17.2018.32
ID  - Hadiyanto2017/12
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