Managing communication between school management and parents of boarding nurseries to fourth-grade pupils for children’s holistic development

The data in this template focused on answering the three major questions of the qualitative study: 1) how does parental communication support children's social development in pre and primary boarding schools? 2) what strategies do pre-and primary school management use to promote children's social development besides classroom teaching and learning? and 3) how do teachers and caregivers inculcate children's social development in pre and primary schools? Five research tools were developed to guide the understanding of the efficacy of parental communication in fostering the social development of nursery and fourth-grade children in pre and primary boarding schools. These tools included a) an interview guide for head teachers, b) an interview guide for class teachers, c) an interview guide for caregivers, d) focus group discussion (FGD) with children, and e) a classroom observation checklist. Three Tables of themes derived from interviews and focus group discussions were produced after data analysis by reduction, display and verification. The research tools and thematic Tables are attached in the Mendeley data share.本模板所收录的数据旨在回应质性研究的三大核心议题：其一，学前与小学寄宿学校场景中，家长沟通如何助力儿童社会性发展？其二，除常规课堂教学外，学前及小学管理层可采用哪些策略推动儿童社会性发展？其三，学前与小学阶段的教师及保育人员如何培育儿童的社会性发展？研究团队共开发五类研究工具，用于厘清家长沟通对学前及小学寄宿学校幼儿与四年级学生社会性发展的促进效能。上述工具具体包括：a）校长访谈提纲、b）班主任访谈提纲、c）保育人员访谈提纲、d）儿童焦点小组讨论（FGD）提纲、e）课堂观察检查表。经数据缩减、呈现与验证的质性分析流程后，研究人员基于访谈与焦点小组讨论内容提炼出三类主题，并形成主题表格。本研究使用的全部工具及主题表格已上传至Mendeley数据共享平台。