Research on the Current Status and Influencing Factors of Family-based Childcare Services for 0-3-Year-Olds in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Hecheng District, Huaihua City
Keywords:
Family care; Parents of infants and young children; Nursery service
城区;家庭式托育;需求;影响因素
Abstract:
Early education is a key stage in promoting the physical and psychological development of infants and toddlers, and home-based childcare is an integral part of childcare services. To understand the current status of existing home-based childcare in the urban area and the childcare needs of parents of infants and toddlers, to analyze the factors affecting the parents of infants and toddlers in their choice of childcare services, and to provide feasible suggestions for the development of home-based childcare services in the urban area based on the targeted parents’ childcare preferences. Using questionnaire and interview methods, a survey of two hundred parents of infants and toddlers in Hecheng District and ten parents interviewed found that the factors affecting the demand for home-based childcare services include environmental facilities, geographic location, teacher level, and childcare costs. Therefore, regulating childcare places, upgrading the quality of home-based childcare, providing diversified and personalized home-based childcare services, and accelerating the training of home-based childcare personnel can promote the development of home-based childcare services in urban areas in many ways.
早期教育是促进婴幼儿身体和心理发展的关键阶段,家庭式托育作为托育服务的有机组成部分,了解现有的家庭式托育现状和婴幼儿家长的托育需求,分析影响婴幼儿家长选择托育服务时的影响因素,并根据家长的托育偏好提出针对性建议,对推动家庭式托育服务的发展具有重要意义。本研究采用问卷法和访谈法,对鹤城区326名婴幼儿家长进行调查,研究发现,影响家庭式托育服务需求的因素有环境设施、地理位置、师资水平和托育费用。因此,规范托育场所、提升家庭式托育质量,提供多样化和个性化的家庭式托育服务,同时加快培养家庭式托育人才,能够从多方面促进家庭式托育服务的发展。