Authors
- Fedorovskaya Maria N.
- Sumenkova Yulia I.
- Mironova Anastasia V.
- Yashina Irina A.
- Anisimova Olga V.
Annotation
The Article presents the findings of the sociological study into the educational institution selection by parents for their children, both in the public basic general education system and in the alternative education system. The relevance of the study is determined by new challenges and risks of the contemporaneity, in particular, the diversity of educational institutions, the variety of education formats and types, the lability of legal regulation of education — all this presents a major challenge for parents when they select a school for their child. The study goal was to investigate into the factors that influence the parental choice of the main general education strategy for their children in the context of the development of the social infrastructure of the city. The study sampling included 10,081 parents whose children attended 1–11 forms in 12 Administrative Districts of Moscow. The following information collection methods were used: 1) desk study: creation of an overview of foreign sources, as part of which the school selection strategies were analyzed; 2) questionnaire survey of parents whose children study in i) Moscow-based public schools, ii) in any of the alternative forms of education (online education, family education, family school etc.) The groups of factors influencing the choice of educational institution by parents was determined as a result of the study: 1) those related to family parameters and parental particular features, and 2) those determined by the educational situation that
is typical of the city of residence. Besides, the study findings enabled to identify and study a set of factors underlying some particular strategy of parental selection of the basic general education for their children in the context of the municipal social infrastructure development: particular features of public and alternative schools; Moscow Administrative Districts; territorial location of an educational institution in relation to the family’s residence; education levels (primary general, basic general and secondary general education); parental satisfaction with the quality of education their children receive; plans or no plans to change the educational institution. The conclusions were made that, when parents select the public education system for their child, the choice factors are: educational achievements, teachers,
territorial accessibility, psychological environment, school infrastructure. The individual development trajectory, personalized approach, mobility of choice, variability of choice, priority of additional education, personal development of the child are the choice factors for parents when they choose an alternative educational format for their child.
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Fedorovskaya, M. N., Sumenkova, Y. I., Mironova, A. V., Yashina, I. A. & Anisimova, O. V. (2023). FACTORS OF CHOICE OF EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR CHILDREN IN THE SYSTEM OF PARENTAL STRATEGIES Bulletin of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. Series "Pedagogy and Psychology", 17(2), 34. https://doi.org/10.25688/2076-9121.2023.17.2.02
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