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İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol.bahar 2013, pp.206-2018, 2013 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
This research was conducted to determine criteria that parents take into account when choosing preschool institution for their children. The study group was composed of 9 parents whose children attending a preschool. Semi-structured interview prepared by the researchers was used to collect the data. It is a qualitative research and the data was analyzed by descriptive analysis and fishbone diagram and histogram of total quality tools. As a result, when choosing a pre-school institution for their children, parents in the study consider some criteria like reliability, quality of education, teacher training and experience, understanding their children by the staff, the school's physical conditions, to be close to home and workplace, the applied program, the school mission, teachers’ communication and behavior, sincerity, personal development training, number of teachers and children in the class, recommendation of old parents
Keywords: preschool education, parents, school choice, expectation.