Why Parents Chose to Send Their Children to Irish-Medium Immersion Preschools: Learning from Parental Choice Strategies in Celtic Countries

Autor/inn/en	Mhic Mhathúna, Máire; Nic Fhionnlaoich, Fiona
Titel	Why Parents Chose to Send Their Children to Irish-Medium Immersion Preschools: Learning from Parental Choice Strategies in Celtic Countries
Quelle	In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 29 (2021) 3, S.441-454 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-293X
DOI	10.1080/1350293X.2021.1928718
Schlagwörter	School Choice; Language of Instruction; Bilingual Education; Irish; Immersion Programs; Preschool Children; Second Language Learning; Social Development; Cognitive Development; Foreign Countries; Parent Attitudes; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Irisch; Immersionsprogramm; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Soziale Entwicklung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Ausland; Elternverhalten; Irland
Abstract	This study investigated the reasons Irish parents chose to send their children to Irish-medium preschools settings over other forms of early childhood education. The international literature on parental decision making regarding childcare and relevant studies on immersion education in Celtic countries were reviewed. A parental questionnaire, informed by this literature, was distributed through selected immersion settings in Ireland. Social and cognitive development were the main reasons parents cited in regard to early childhood education and an interest in the Irish language and bilingualism along with the good reputation of the immersion preschool were the reasons they chose immersion preschooling. Comparisons were made with the reasons parents chose immersion primary education in Scotland, Wales and Ireland and the findings were broadly similar across the studies. Recommendations include disseminating information about immersion preschools more widely as well as reviewing the impact of the "Education (Admission to Schools) Act" (DES, "Admission to Schools Policy." Dublin: DES. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/act/14/enacted/en/html, 2018) on enrolment in Irish-medium preschools and primary schools. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01