Percepciones de las madres y padres de familia a cerca de la importancia de la Educación Inicial en el desarrollo integral infantil

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to present the perceptions that parents have about the importance of Early Childhood Education in comprehensive child development. For this, the monographic type research was raised from the qualitative approach with a descriptive character. As an instrument for collecting information, the semi-structured interview was used, which was carried out with three fathers and three mothers from the urban sector of the city of Cuenca. The results recieved after the analysis were that majority where parents that know what it means the initial of education and the comprehensive development, however some parents are totally unware this level education and its benefits for the development and formation of the kids, but still your perceptions are relevant. Lastly, it concludes that the parents do support the formation of their kids inside the context initial, since they have knowledge of what this level involves. But also, there are some parents that perceive the initial education like a step to achieve, because their little ones attend the educational institutions for the reason that their big children do it, but not for the benefit it provides.