Adult/child Interaction: How Patterns and Perceptions Can Influence Planning

Autor:	Wendy Schiller
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	Data collection Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Perspective (graphical) Cognition Pediatrics Child development Developmental psychology Alternative assessment Perception Structured interview Developmental and Educational Psychology Psychology Motor skill media_common
Zdroj:	Early Child Development and Care. 159:75-92
ISSN:	1476-8275 0300-4430
DOI:	10.1080/0300443991590107
Popis:	Individual testing and assessment are often problematic with preschool‐aged children. Difficulties include adverse reactions to test procedures, inconsistent performance on tests and unsuitable tests for 3, 4, and 5 year old children as well as the need for unobtrusive observation methods and data collection, so new ways of assessment need to be investigated. This article examines alternative assessment strategies which Involve teachers, parent/caregivers and children in the process. As motor development is an essential part of child development, children's movement behaviour is the focus for assessment. An adult/child observation coding system with physical, social, cognitive and task dimensions has been developed and used in various early‐education settings to identify patterns of interaction between adults and children from both the adult and the child's perspective. This is supplemented by structured interviews at regular intervals with a parent/caregiver to ascertain changes in children's behaviour a...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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