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ERIC Number: EJ850955
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Oct
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1082-3301
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Cooperation through Movement Education and Children's Literature
Molenda, Catherine F.; Bhavnagri, Navaz Peshotan
Early Childhood Education Journal, v37 n2 p153-159 Oct 2009
This article demonstrates evidence-based practice that integrates movement education with children's literature, in order to promote cooperation among Bengali kindergarteners, from an urban public school in Midwestern USA. First, the authors argue the need for this integration based on limitations of previous scholarship. Second, authors present their developmentally and culturally appropriate conceptual framework based on Bhavnagri and Samuel's research, along with the theory of cooperation and schema development. Third, children's understanding of cooperation concepts (helping, turn taking, sharing, dividing labor, negotiating, coordinating, exchanging information, and perspective taking) embedded in literature are analyzed. Concomitantly, children demonstrated same cooperation sub-skills during four movement activities related to the stories. Fourth, authors reflect that cooperation was successful because activities met Johnson and Johnson's guidelines of high social interactions, high emotional involvement, and effective communication. Finally, the authors recommend that integration of cooperation and movement education is beneficial for educational programs in diverse settings.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Kindergarten
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Language: English
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