Educational Status Assessment of 1 to 3 years of old children in Tehran Prov. kindergartens in 2019

Children are affected by their environment, so this effect on their development, too. Therefore, the quality of education and caring environment of children play an important role in theses effective periods of time. One of the solutions to improve the quality of educational environments is to evaluate the quality of kindergartens based on a comprehensive tool. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the educational and care status (furniture space, daily activities for personal care, language and books, learning activities, interactions, central program structure) for children in range of 1 to 3 years of old in Tehran's kindergartens.

The statistical population of the study contained all non-governmental kindergartens with a license for infants and toddlers (1 to 3 years of old), under the supervision of the Welfare Organization of Tehran Province in 1998 (580 kindergartens) and the sample size had been determined 90 care centers. The sampling method was random-clustering, then the quality measurement scale of child care and education centers (ITERS-3) was used. In this study, descriptive indices (frequency, mean, standard deviation, skewness and elongation) and inferential indices (one-sample t-test) and SPSS software version 21 were used to analyze the data.

Kindergartens' environmental conditions such as space and furniture, and other indices consist of daily care activities, books, learning activities, interactions, program structure and the language interacted unfortunately were significantly lower than the average (average 4).

Lack of parents' awareness of the importance of kindergarten educational environment, lack of skills of kindergarten teachers, lack of comprehensive tools for evaluating the educational environment, insufficient supervision of kindergartens and economic factors cause the unfavorable situation of the care environment.