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Conference Object Parents' Views About Preschool Education(Elsevier Science Bv, 2013) Sahin, Betul Kubra; Sak, Ramazan; Sahin, Ikbal TubaPreschool education is crucial for children's development. One of the most important partners in this period are parents thus, their views about preschool education influence success of preschool education. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the views of parents about preschool education. The participants were 35 parents whose children were attending a private school. Basic qualitative research was used in this study and the data was collected via a semi-structured interview protocol designed by the researchers. For data analysis first, the data were coded and arranged logically. The four main themes were determined: (1) the importance of preschool education, (2) age of starting preschool education, (3) characteristics of preschool institutions and (4) expectations of parents from preschool institutions. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license.Conference Object Views of Female Preschool Pre-Service Teachers About Male Teaching Colleagues(Elsevier Science Bv, 2012) Sak, Ramazan; Sahin, Ikbal Tuba; Sahin, Betul KubraIn Turkey in the preschool sector there are fewer male teachers than female teachers. The views of female colleagues are one factor that affects the entry of males to this sector. This study investigated female preschool pre-service teachers' views about male teachers. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews and content analysis was used to reveal the concepts and relations that explain the data. According to the findings, three main themes were determined: the presence of male preschool teachers in the profession, factors affecting male teachers' choice of occupation and ways of decreasing society's bias concerning male preschool teachers. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd.