Play and school work in the kindergarten curriculum: Attitudes of parents and teachers in Thailand

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine parents’ and teachers’ attitudes about play and work activities in early childhood programs in Thailand. Eighty-one parents and thirty-eight teachers in ten kindergartens in Bangkok completed two sets of questionnaires: a demographic background questionnaire and a two-choice play-academic activity attitude questionnaire #opJohnson, 1983#cp. It was found that #op1#cp teachers were more favourable toward play than parents; #op2#cp parents in public schools were more favourable toward play than parents in private schools; and #op3#cp educational backgrounds were positively related to attitudes toward play.