The social kindergartener: comparing children’s perspectives of full- and half-day kindergarten
| Autor: | Janette Pelletier, Fabienne Hargreaves, Kristy Timmons, Kaitlyn Heagle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Social Psychology education 05 social sciences Social change 050301 education Pediatrics humanities Developmental psychology Pedagogy Developmental and Educational Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Research questions Statistical analysis Psychology 0503 education 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Early Child Development and Care. 187:978-989 |
| ISSN: | 1476-8275 0300-4430 |
| Popis: | The objective of the present study is to capture children’s voices to compare traditional half-day and play-based full-day kindergarten children’s perspectives on two research questions: What is important about kindergarten, and what is your favourite thing about school? Children’s responses were compared for emerging academic and social themes. Half-day kindergarten children reported academic activities significantly more often as being important compared with their full-day counterparts. No significant differences were found in children’s reports of their favourite thing about school, demonstrating that regardless of programme, children most enjoy play and social activities. These findings reinforce the importance of play-based full-day kindergarten programmes. |
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