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Dag Øystein Nome – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2024
Using participatory observations accompanied by video and audio recordings, this article investigates how negotiations about play scripts evolve during play in two Waldorf kindergartens. In particular, this study aims to examine how child-initiated play can contribute to the development of basic democratic skills in early childhood. The concept of…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Play, Early Childhood Education, Democratic Values
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Treweek, Julie; Kelly-Ware, Janette – Early Childhood Folio, 2020
This qualitative case study research explored children's social disputes in one New Zealand kindergarten. The disputes typically related to the possession of resources and space. "First possession" was found to be significant, hence the name of this article. The notion that children have to experience "possession" and…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Conflict, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten
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Salvas, Marie-Claude; Vitaro, Frank; Brendgen, Mara; Dionne, Ginette; Tremblay, Richard E.; Boivin, Michel – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Several authors consider high and frequent conflicts between friends during childhood as a serious risk for subsequent conduct problems such as generalized physical aggression toward others (e.g., Kupersmidt, Burchinal, & Patterson, 1995; Sebanc, 2003). Although it seems logical to assume that friendship conflict could have some negative…
Descriptors: Friendship, Behavior Problems, Aggression, Conflict
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Aram, Dorit; Shlak, Maya – Early Education and Development, 2008
Research Findings: The study evaluated the "safe kindergarten" program designed to promote kindergartners' communication and social skills based on principles of Imago marital and family counseling (H. Hendrix, 1990). Participants were 92 kindergartners from 4 kindergartens (intervention = 46; comparison = 46). Teachers in intervention…
Descriptors: Intervention, Conflict, Kindergarten, Family Counseling
Colorado Children's Campaign, 2008
Because of the substantial impact on outcomes for children, states and school districts across the country are addressing issues surrounding early learning opportunities and school readiness for young children. Full-day kindergarten plays an important role in both. Colorado has made significant investments in full-day kindergarten as a means of…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Learning Activities, Educational Quality, Teaching Methods
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Kochenderfer-Ladd, Becky – Social Development, 2004
Mediator models were examined in which children's emotional reactions to peer aggression were hypothesized to mediate their selection of coping strategies and subsequent peer victimization and internalizing problems. Self-report data were collected from 145 ethnically diverse kindergarten through fifth grade children (66 females and 79 males) who…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Coping, Conflict Resolution, Grade 5