Partnership between preschool teachers and parents as important factor of kindergarten culture

Suradnja roditelja i odgojitelja neizostavan je segment odgojno-obrazovnog djelovanja. Štoviše, odnos koji bi pridonosio stvaranju kulture dječjeg vrtića treba dosegnuti razinu partnerstva koja podrazumijeva uvažavanje, prihvaćanje, poštovanje i dijalog na svim razinama odgoja. Za postizanje zajedničkog cilja potrebno je prihvaćanje svih uloga kao ravnopravnih strana koje u sinergiji odgojno djeluju. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati mišljenje roditelja o kvaliteti suradnje s dječjim vrtićem i o njihovoj zainteresiranosti za aktivnim uključivanjem u odgojno-obrazovni rad. Nalazi istraživanja pokazuju kako ispitanici s višom stručnom spremom pokazuju veći interes i spremnost za postizanje suradnje u aktivnostima planiranja i sudjelovanja u odgojno-obrazovnom radu, organiziranje izleta i posjet radnom mjestu roditelja. Utvrđeno je postojanje pozitivne korelacije između oblika suradnje i aktivnosti suradnje. Istraživanjem je utvrđen utjecaj statusa roditelja na spremnost za suradnju. Potvrđeno je razmišljanje da još uvijek postoji neujednačeno participiranje u odgoju djeteta između očeva i majki. Majke više sudjeluju u aktivnostima. Moguće je da su nezaposlene ili koriste porodiljski dopust i tako više pridonose odgoju djece. Za potvrdu takvih razmišljanja i istraživanje stvarnih činjenica predlaže se unos novih varijabli koje određuju razine zaposlenosti i slobodnog vremena roditelja.Collaboration between parents and educators is one of indispensable segments of educational work. Furthermore, relation that could contribute to creating kindergarten culture should reach level of partnership that implies respect, acceptance, regard and dialogue in all tiers of education sector. Acceptance of all roles as equal players acting educationally in synergy is necessary in order to achieve common goal. The aim of this paper is to find out what parents’ opinions are, what the quality of collaboration with kindergarten is like and how interested they are in active participation in educational work. The results of research show that interviewees with high education degree show bigger interest and willingness for collaboration in planning activities and participation in educational work, organization of trips and parent career days. Positive correlation was established between forms and activities of collaboration. Research established impact of parents’ status on willingness for collaboration. It was confirmed that participation in children’s education is still unevenly distributed between fathers and mothers. Mothers participate more in these kinds of activities. Their higher contribution in children’s education could be due to their unemployment or maternity leaves. Entering new variables that determine employment and free time levels of parents is proposed in order to verify such considerations and conduct research of true facts