Towards the Sustainable Development of Young Children: Impact of After-School Tutoring on Chinese Preschoolers’ Social Behavior

Jin Shi, Yaping Yue (), Weiping Zhao and Qiaoqiao Huang
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Jin Shi: College of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
Yaping Yue: Henan Preschool Education Research Center, Faculty of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng 475000, China
Weiping Zhao: College of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
Qiaoqiao Huang: College of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: This study aimed to examine whether participation in more types of after-school tutoring for 3- to 6-year-old preschool children is more beneficial to their social behavior. The study was based on survey data collected from 823 children aged between 3 and 6 years in Beijing City, the Guangdong Province and the Jiangxi province, China. Binary logistic regression and hierarchical multiple regression results revealed that: (1) gender, age, and family socioeconomic status were important factors that affected whether preschool children participated in after-school tutoring; (2) in terms of the types of after-school tutoring, participation in the arts and health-related activities was beneficial to the development of children’s social skills, participation in arts and science ameliorated children’s problem behavior, but participation in arts, science, and health-related activities simultaneously posed a negative impact on children’s problem behavior; (3) in terms of the breadth of participation, children’s social skills were weakly strengthened if the participation breadth is greater, but this, however, did not reduce problem behavior; (4) parental involvement and individual factors were important in determining children’s social behavior. Based on the findings of this study, we suggest that parents should carefully consider the impact of after-school tutoring on preschool children’s social behavior and choose after-school tutoring appropriately.

Keywords: after-school tutoring; preschool children; social behavior; the “Double Reduction Plan” (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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