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| Content Provider | Springer Nature Link |
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| Author | Fung, Kit Ho Lam, Chi Chung |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Voucher systems are based on the theoretical assumption that giving parents a choice of schools subjects institutions to the mechanism of market forces, which, in turn, pushes them to reform their services. While the ability of parents to make sound educational choices on behalf of their children is questioned by opponents of school choice, parents in a voucher system are entrusted with choosing schools for their children. They are also provided with information about schools to facilitate their informed choice making. Based on the principle that empowering parents to choose a school stimulates healthy competition in the education market, which, in turn, creates incentives for schools to refine their services to reflect parents’ wishes, the Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme was introduced into the privatized kindergarten sector in Hong Kong in 2007. Under this scheme, kindergartens receive fee subsidies when parents choose to enroll their children and are required to disclose operational data and to make their schools transparent to parents so as to help them make informed choices. To what extent do these transparency requirements help parents make informed choices and, in turn, improve schools? This question is particularly interesting for Hong Kong as all of its kindergartens have long been privatized. This study uses a mixed approach, collecting survey data from parents and schools and also interviewing parents. It shows that the information made available by kindergartens does not seem to focus on how what they offer is unique. Instead, they seem more inclined to release information that satisfies parents’ concerns about preparing their children academically for primary education. As a result, the extra information, and resulting parental choice, may not necessarily improve education quality.Les systèmes de bons se basent sur l’hypothèse théorique selon laquelle donner aux parents un choix d’écoles, d’institutions soumis au mécanisme des forces du marché qui, à leur tour, les amènent à réformer leurs services. Alors que la capacité des parents à faire des choix éducationnels sains pour le compte de leurs enfants est remise en cause par les opposants au choix d’école, les parents d’un système de bon ont la possibilité de choisir les écoles pour leurs enfants. Ils reçoivent également de l’information sur les écoles pour faciliter leur prise de décision informée. En se basant sur le principe que donner aux parents le pouvoir de choisir une école stimule une concurrence saine sur le marché de l’éducation, qui, à son tour, incite els écoles à améliorer leurs services pour réfléchir les souhaits des parents, le Pré-Primaire Système de Bons L’Éducation a été introduit dans le secteur des jardins d’enfant privatisés de Hong-Kong en 2007. Dans ce programme, les jardins d’enfants reçoivent des subsides quand les parents choisissent d’inscrire leurs enfants sont tenus de dévoiler les données opérationnelles et de rendre leurs écoles transparentes pour les parents pur les aider à faire des choix informés. Dans quelle mesure ces exigences de transparence aident-elles les parents à faire des choix informés et ensuite à améliorer les écoles? Cette question est particulièrement intéressante pour Hong Kong car tous ses jardins d’enfants ont été privatisés depuis longtemps. Cette étude utilise une approche mixte, en collectant les données d’étude de parents et d’écoles et également en interrogeant les parents. L’information rendue disponible par les jardins d’enfants ne semble pas attirer l’attention sur la manière dont ils sont uniques. Ils ont plus enclins à dévoiler de l’information qui répond aux préoccupations de parents à propos de la préparation académique de leurs enfants pour l’école primaire. Par conséquent, l’information complémentaire et le choix parental qui en résulte, ne va pas nécessairement améliorer la qualité de l’éducation.El sistema de subvenciones educacionales mediante “vouchers” parte del supuesto teórico de que cuando los padres tienen la posibilidad de escoger escuela, las instituciones están sujetas al mecanismo de las fuerzas de mercado, y esto a su vez las obliga a reformar sus servicios. Aunque la capacidad de los padres para seleccionar la escuela acertada en nombre de sus hijos es cuestionada por los opositores a la selección de escuela, en un sistema de subvenciones educacionales mediante “vouchers” se confía en que los padres son capaces de seleccionar la escuela acertada para sus hijos. También se les facilita información sobre las escuelas para que puedan tomar decisiones de manera fundamentada. En base al principio de que facultar a los padres para que seleccionen la escuela de sus hijos estimula la competencia saludable en el mercado educativo, que a su vez, crea los incentivos para que las escuelas puedan refinar sus servicios para dar respuesta a los deseos de los padres, el Programa de Subvenciones Educacionales mediante “Vouchers” para Preescolar fue introducido en el sector privado de guarderías de Hong Kong en 2007. En este programa, las guarderías reciben la subvención correspondiente a las cuotas en el momento en que los padres deciden matricular a sus hijos y se les obliga a facilitar datos operativos y garantizar la transparencia de las escuelas para que los padres puedan tomar decisiones fundamentadas. ¿Hasta qué punto los requisitos de transparencia ayudan a los padres a tomar decisiones fundamentadas y, de este modo, obligan a las escuelas a mejorar? Esta es una cuestión especialmente interesante para Hong Kong porque todas sus guarderías fueron privatizadas hace mucho tiempo. Este estudio utiliza un enfoque mixto, con datos procedentes de encuestas a padres y a escuelas y de entrevistas con los padres. Demuestra que la información facilitada por las guarderías no se centra en explicar de qué modo su oferta es única. Por el contrario, suelen divulgar información que tranquiliza a los padres en su preocupación sobre la preparación de sus hijos para la educación primaria. Por lo tanto, la información adicional, y la consiguiente elección de los padres, no implica necesariamente una mejora en la educación. |
| Starting Page | 31 |
| Ending Page | 52 |
| Page Count | 22 |
| File Format | |
| ISSN | 00207187 |
| Journal | International Journal of Early Childhood |
| Volume Number | 44 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| e-ISSN | 18784658 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer Netherlands |
| Publisher Date | 2012-03-31 |
| Publisher Place | Dordrecht |
| Access Restriction | One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) |
| Subject Keyword | Informed school choice School transparency Education quality Voucher scheme Kindergarten education Hong Kong Education (general) Childhood Education International and Comparative Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Education Developmental and Educational Psychology |
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