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Predny, Mary Lorraine. "Assessing an Intergenerational Horticulture Therapy Program for Elderly Adults and Preschool Children." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31717.
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The goal of this research project was to determine if introducing intergenerational interactions would supplement or detract from the use of horticulture as a therapeutic tool when working with elderly adults and preschool children. The program was set up to compare independent group activities with intergenerational activities. A group of elderly adults in the University Adult Day Service and a group of preschool children in the University Child Development Laboratory School took part in both separate age group and intergenerational activities. There were three sessions each week: one for the children's group, a second one for the elderly adults' group, and a third one that combined both groups. The same activity was done during all three sessions each week, with modifications to make the activity appropriate for each age group and to make it more interactive for the intergenerational group. These activities took place in the campus building where the day care centers are located. Four volunteers assisted with the activities. Two worked with the children's group both during separate and intergenerational activities, and two volunteers similarly assisted with the elderly adult group. Video cameras were used to record each session. These videos were viewed and evaluated after the 10-week horticulture therapy program was completed to score attendance and participation during separate age group activities, and attendance, participation, and interaction between the two groups during intergenerational activities. This data was used to determine if introducing intergenerational interactions affected the individual's attendance or participation, and to determine if the interactions between the two groups showed any change over time.
Several variables were shown to affect the outcome of research. The first variable discussed is the effect of the staff, volunteers, or administration on the participants and the activities. Staff and volunteers can greatly affect intergenerational interactions by: 1) failing to encourage participation from participants of all ages, 2) lacking experience or having discomfort in working with special populations, 3) failure to establish adequate communication with the researcher or with each other, or 4) demonstrating a negative attitude towards the project. The second variable in research is the limitation introduced by data analysis using video. While video recording is useful in evaluating data, it can cause problems due to a limited viewing area, limited viewing angles, blocked screens, or unfamiliarity with recording equipment.
Videos were used to assess participation and interaction. Participation scores include three categories: "no participation" for present but inactive participation, and "working with direct assistance" or "independent participation" for active participation. Participation was affected by the horticulture activities' set up, difficulty level, and availability of assistance from volunteers. Children's participation during separate group activities was affected mainly by the difficulty level and set up of activities. Elderly adult's participation during separate age group activities was affected mainly by each individual's abilities and availability of assistance. Children's intergenerational participation scores show an increase in the category of "working with direct assistance", while elderly adults' intergenerational scores show an increase in the categories of "no participation" and "independent participation". In part, the change in intergenerational participation was due to a decrease in the assistance available from volunteers for each individual.
Lastly, the percentage of total interaction time between the generations during activities increased over time. However, the introduction of intergenerational interactions detracted from the use of horticulture as a therapeutic tool for elderly adults and preschool children. It is recommended that intergenerational programming may not be useful to fulfill specific horticulture therapy goals for these groups. At the same time, the intergenerational activities involving horticulture plant-based activities were more successful at increasing interactions than the craft-type activities. Therefore horticulture may be a useful activity for intergenerational programs with a goal of increased interaction and relationship development.Master of Science
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Batt, Kathleen J. "The Implementation of kinesthetic learning activities to identify geometric shapes with preschool students." Defiance College / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=def1281535832.
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Simon, Kathryn Kimer. "Storybook activities for improving language : effects on language and literacy outcomes in Head Start preschool classrooms /." view abstract or download file of text, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3095257.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2003.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 206-216). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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McBride, Bonnie J. "Promoting instructional interactions : effects of training preschool teachers to use a discrete trial instructional format during classroom activities /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7701.
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Guijarro, de Ortiz Myriam. "Literacy Activities that Parents of Preschool Children Attending Day Care Promote at Home and Community Settings." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2005. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/760.
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Lilja, Sarah. "Barns kommunikation, rörelse och agerande i ateljén på en förskola i södra Sverige : -Två observationsstudier." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för utbildningsvetenskap (UV), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-61182.
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Syftet med studien var att bidra med kunskap om hur den möblerade miljön i ateljén i en förskola kan inverka på barns kommunikation, rörelse och agerande. Studiens frågeställningar fokuserade på hur barnen kommunicerar i ateljémiljön, hur barnen rör sig i ateljémiljön och hur barnen kommunicerar i relation till hur de rör sig eller beter sig och ateljémiljöns inverkan på barns agerande. För att få svar på dessa frågor har kvalitativa observationsstudier på två barn i åldern 2-4 år genomförts i ateljén på en kommunal förskola i södra Sverige. Studiens resultat visar att ateljémiljön bidrog till barnens kreativitet då det ursprungliga arbetet med collage övergick till fri lek i rummet. En annan aspekt som iakktogs i studien var att miljön var anpassad efter barnens längd, vilket gjorde att miljön inverkade positivt på barnens kommunikation, rörelse och agerande då barnen nådde materialet på hyllorna.
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Lee, Jihyun. "The Effects of Physical Activities on Stereotypic Behaviors and Task Engagement in Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1373931351.
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Shue, W., and Alissa A. Lange. "Gender Differences in Teachers’ and Children’s Spatial Language During Preschool Geometry Activities." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6017.
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Jasmin, Emmanuelle. "Impact of sensory responses and motor skills on functional skills in activities of daily living of pre-school children with autism spectrum disorders." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=101853.
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Background. In children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), sensori-motor development and functional skills in activities of daily living (ADL) remain little explored in comparison to the other domains of development. Objectives. To determine the impact of sensori-motor skills on functional skills in ADL of preschool children with ASD, and to examine their type of sensory responses, their motor skills and their functional skills in ADL. Methods. This project is a pilot and cross-sectional study. Thirty-five children with ASD, three to four years of age, have been recruited and assessed. Control groups are also included: eight children with developmental delay (DD) and five children with typical development (TD). A battery of diagnostic and clinical tests was used. Results. ASD and DD groups have significantly more atypical sensory responses than the TD group as measured by the Sensory Profile. The ASD group has significantly poorer motor skills than controls (TD and DD) based on the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales --2nd edition (PDMS-2). Self-care skills of the ASD group fall below 2 standard deviations (SD) on the Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM). Daily living skills (DLS) of the ASD group are significantly poorer than controls on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales -- Second Edition (VABS-II). The largest percentage of variability in self-care skills, as measured by the WeeFIM, is explained by cognitive functioning and auditory processing, while personal skills, as measured by the VABS-II, are predicted by fine motor skills and sensory avoiding. Conclusion. Pre-school children with ASD, but also children with DD, react differently to sensory stimuli than typically developing children. Also, children with ASD have significantly poorer motor skills than DD and TD children. These sensory and motor difficulties affect the functional skills in ADL. Therefore, it will be important clinically to individually assess and consider sensori-motor and functional skills in ADL of children with ASD. Future interventions may then aim at improving and supporting the development and autonomy of these children. In turn this may assist caregivers by reducing their care load.Keywords: autism spectrum disorders, sensory responses, motor skills, functional skills, activities of daily living
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Ekdahl, Marie, and Jill Åbrodd. "Barns strategier och tillvägagångssätt för att lösa matematiska problemuppgifter : kvalitativ studie i förskolan med fokus på barns samarbete, samspel och problemlösning." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Fakulteten för lärarutbildning, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-21487.
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Studien handlar om hur barn i förskolan genom problemlösning tar sig an olika problemuppgifter. I denna studie har barnens perspektiv intagits genom att deras resonemang, tillvägagångssätt och samarbete lyfts fram. Observationer genom film är den metod som ligger till grund för studiens resultat och analys, barnen som medverkat i studien är i åldern 4–6 år. Resultatet visar att barnen samarbetade och samspelade när de tog sig an uppgifterna. Även att de använde sig av en mängd olika strategier och tillvägagångssätt, bland annat sina tidigare erfarenheter och kunskaper, resonemang och förklaringar samt sortering och kategorisering. Vi vill med denna studie lyfta vikten av att pedagoger redan i förskolan låter barn arbeta med matematik och problemlösning. När barn får möjlighet att diskutera, resonera och samarbeta inom matematik främjas deras lärande.
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Retra, José. "Music is movement : a study into aspects of movement representation of musical activities among preschool children in a Dutch music education setting." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3189.
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Musical activities are at the centre of Music on the Lap, a Dutch approach to early childhood music education. The present study takes an in-depth look at the role of movement in these musical activities and thereby focuses on the representation of musical elements through movement. This study has among its aims the raising of more awareness for the conscious use of movement in early childhood music education. Departing from an embodied approach within an interpretative design, the premise of the current study is that movement should be considered an important form of kinaesthetic representation through which preschool children can come to understand and learn different aspects of music. The musical movement responses of children aged 18 to 36 months in a regular Music on the Lap setting were investigated. The musical movement behaviour of the children, during specific musical activities, was captured on DVD and the individual responses of 27 children were analysed. Interviews with the participating teacher provided important additional information. Through microanalysis of the children’s movements, the study arrived at a theoretical interpretation: movement responses to music can be considered enactive symbols, creating direct and indirect representations of musical characteristics. To further musical learning the movements should be firmly based in a temporal framework of aural and verbal connotations in order to stimulate purposeful movement responses. This temporal framework should be structured by the teacher through a process of appropriate movement models and verbal guidance to arrive at meaningful movement actions, which can consequently generate implicit and explicit musical kinaesthetic and musical representational knowledge. In this process the children are actively participating to construct with body and mind their own musical knowledge.
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Davis, Ruth A. (Ruth Ann) 1946. "A Comparison of the Reading and Writing Performance of Children in a Whole Language Pre-First-Grade Class and a Modified Traditional First-Grade Class." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331120/.
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This study examined differences in literacy development between five students attending whole language pre-first-grade classes and five students eligible for pre-first-grade classes but attending modified traditional first-grade classes. Differences between whole language pre-first-grade classes and modified traditional first-grade classes in use of literacy materials, teaching procedures, and amount of time spent on literacy were also examined. The procedures involved testing the subjects on reading and writing skills, observations of the pre-first-grade and first-grade classes, and analysis of subjects' writing samples.
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Qi, Xiaofei. "Does preschool experience matter? : the relevance of preschool education and home activities for children's cognitive and social development at school entry in rural China." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2015. http://bbktheses.da.ulcc.ac.uk/152/.
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There has been growing interest in early childhood education and care (ECEC) globally, especially with respect to the possible benefits upon child wellbeing. In China, the government also has put great efforts recently in boosting preschool centre participation nationwide. The urban-rural disparities in the ECEC development, however, are great challenges. Moreover, little is known about the quality of these centre –based preschool programmes, especially in rural areas. Accumulating evidence from studies worldwide, largely from Western countries, indicates that high quality centre-based preschool programmes can be beneficial for child wellbeing. However, the cultural context is an issue of concern. This thesis investigates the relevance of aspects of home and preschool centre environments for children's cognitive and social development at preschool, measured one year before school entry (Phase 1), and later at school entry (Phase 2). The sample included 298 children (Mean age = 69 months, 151 girls) and families clustered in 19 preschool centres from rural China. Multilevel models were applied to the hierarchical data and these multilevel analyses revealed that, less than 10% of the variations in cognitive and social outcomes at school entry were attributable to the preschool-centre differences. After accounting for selected background factors, preschool home activities were relevant to various aspects of cognitive and social development during preschool and at school entry; home activities appeared to be more relevant to social development. Positive associations were found between preschool centre quality (based on ECERS-R and ECERS-E), teachers’ qualifications and developmental outcomes both at preschool and at school entry; preschool centre experience appeared to be more relevant to cognitive development and teacher-report behaviour outcomes. In summary, while child and family background factors such as age, gender, family income and parental education are important, the extent of home activities in the preschool years and preschool centre experience may both exert an independent influence upon children's cognitive and social development before school entry. These findings highlight the importance of higher quality of preschool centre experience and a better home learning environment for child development at school entry in rural China.
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Coetzee, Jani. "Exploring the influence of pet assisted activities on aggressive behaviour amongs grade R learners." Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71715.
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Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.Bibliography
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As a grade R teacher in South Africa, the researcher was disturbed by the extent of aggressive behaviour amongst children (aged 4 years to 6 years). Other teachers involved with the same class were of the opinion that the aggressive behaviour had a detrimental effect on their instructional time and motivation. Schools, teachers and other support personnel of staff have developed many cognitive and social support programmes to encourage positive behaviour, including reducing aggressiveness. Some programmes are in individual format and others in group format. However, the problem with these types of support programmes is that they are hard to come by due to cost and lack of knowledge among personnel. A child's full development is influenced negatively when in a negative atmosphere or situation (which includes abuse, aggression or discouragement). During 2011, the researcher took her dog to visit her class informally. It started when the class was having a discussion on pets and the researcher wanted to show the class how to groom and take care of a pet dog. The school’s staff and the researcher noticed a calmer and friendlier atmosphere amongst the children after the visits. This positive experience led to reading related literature and the researcher found substantial recent literature that increased her interest in the subject. The literature review suggested that the positive effects of animals in classrooms and on children should be explored and shared with teachers and schools, hence this study. The question arose whether this method could possibly provide the type of support South African children need to become caring, empathic and understanding of the world around them and each other. This research study was undertaken to explore the influence of the visits of a dog on the learners’ aggressive behaviour and teachers' opinions, which were of great value. This qualitative study took place within an interpretive paradigm. A case study design was used, as the focus was on an in-depth explanation of how a dog influenced the aggressive behaviour in the grade R class as a single bounded system. The study took place over a period of eight successive weeks. The data collection methods employed were questionnaires to gather biographical data, individual semi-structured interviews and observation during free play. Data were analysed by means of content analysis. Research findings indicated a positive influence on the learners' aggressive behaviour after eight weeks of the P.A.T. (Pet Assisted Therapy) dog visits. Positive behaviour in general was also witnessed and, most importantly, the participating teachers were of the opinion that the class was easier to manage and more time could be spent on instruction. The participating teachers provided different perspectives as they were involved in the class in different ways. However, the conclusion was that the positive influence of PAA on the learners' aggressive behaviour was mainly due to how some individual learners were influenced, which changed the interaction among all the learners. It is recommended that further studies be done on the time available to teachers to address aggressive behaviour to achieve a long-term result compared to just solving the problem at the occurrence of aggressive behaviour, and how PAA influences the learners in their other microsystems as well.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die navorser, 'n graad R opvoeder, vind die intensiteit en die hoeveelheid van aggressiewe gedrag onder graad R leerders kommerwekkend. Ander onderwysers betrokke by dieselfde klas se opinie was dat die aggressiewe gedrag onder die leerders 'n uiters negatiewe impak op die opvoeding van die leerders het. Verskeie kognitiewe en sosiale ondersteunings- programme vir die aanmoediging van positiewe gedrag in die klaskamer is reeds deur opvoeders, skole en ondersteunende personeel ontwikkel. Die navorser is egter van mening dat die finansiële omstandighede van verskeie skole en die kennis van die onderwysers wat moontlik die strategieë moet implementeer, die gebruik van sulke programme beperk . Leerders wat in negatiewe opvoedingsomstandighede (wat misbruik, aggressiwiteit of ontmoediging insluit) geplaas is, word negatief beïnvloed. Die navorser het gedurende 2011 haar eie hond skool toe geneem om by die weeklikse tema oor 'diere' aan te sluit. Die doel was om aspekte van hoe 'n mens na jou hond omsien met die leerders te bespreek. Die skoolpersoneel en die navorser (as opvoeder) het opgelet dat 'n kalmer atmosfeer onder die leerders geheers het nadat die navorser se troeteldier die klas besoek het. Dit het daartoe gelei dat die navorser leeswerk oor die onderwerp onderneem het. Vele onlangse bevindinge wat die onderwerp nog meer interessant gemaak het, is opgespoor. Een van die klasse in die betrokke skool het aggressiewe gedrag onder die leerders ervaar wat die onderwyser se motivering om te onderrig negatief beïnvloed het. Dit het gelei tot die gevallestudie wat die gebruik van 'n hond in die klaskamer as 'n moontlike metode om Suid-Afrikaanse kinders te motiveer om ‘n gevoel van omgee, empatie en begrip van die wêreld om hulle en ander te ontwikkel. Die navorsing het die moontlike invloed van gestruktureerde besoeke deur 'n hond op die gevallestudieklas ondersoek. Omdat die aggressiewe gedrag ook deur die onderwysers ondervind word en dit hul opvoedingstaak affekteer, was hulle opinies van groot belang. Die kwalitatiewe studie is onder die interpretatiewe paradigma onderneem. 'n Gevallestudieformaat is gebruik en was daarop gerig om die invloed van die hond op die leerders se aggressiewe gedrag grondig te verstaan. Die studie het oor 'n tydperk van agt opeenvolgende weke plaasgevind. Kwalitatiewe navorsingsmetodologie is gebruik. Dit het ’n doelbewuste streekproef van deelnemers, vraelyste vir biografiese data, individuele semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude, observasies om die informasie wat uit die onderhoude verkry is, te ondersteun en inhoudsanalise vir die ontleding van die data (veldwerknotas) omvat. Die navorsingsbevindinge het ‘n afname in aggressiewe gedrag onder die leerders na die agt weke van die intervensie (hond se besoeke) getoon. Algemene positiewe gedrag is waargeneem en die belangrikste bevinding was dat die deelnemende onderwysers van mening was dat die klas meer hanteerbaar was en meer tyd tot hul beskikking vir die opvoeding van leerders toegelaat het. Die onderwysers kon verskeie perspektiewe uitlig aangesien elk op 'n ander manier by die klas betrokke was. Daar was 'n duidelike kommentaar dat PAA 'n invloed op individuele leerders uitgeoefen het en dit het die interaksie onder die leerders in die klas beïnvloed. Die navorser stel voor dat verdere studies onderneem word om te bepaal hoeveel tyd onderwysers benodig om 'n langdurige positiewe effek op leerders se aggressiewe gedrag te bewerkstellig, eerder as om telkens wanneer ‘n probleem opduik ‘n oplossing te vind wat moontlik nie op die lang duur effektief sal wees nie. Verder kan ondersoek ingestel word na hoe PAA die leerders se gedrag buite die klas beïnvloed.
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Almgren, Josefin. "Musik – En viktig del i förskolan : Fyra förskollärares perspektiv på musikverksamheten i förskolan." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för pedagogiska studier, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-43620.
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Syftet med min studie är att undersöka hur fyra förskollärare, verksamma i en musikförskola, uppfattar musikens funktion i förskolan och hur betydelsefull de anser att musikverksamheten är för barn i förskolan. Jag valde att genomföra en semistrukturerad gruppintervju där fyra förskollärare deltog. Jag har valt Vygotskijs sociokulturella perspektiv som teoretisk utgångspunkt i mitt arbete. I mitt resultat kunde jag se ett mönster av samarbete, gemenskap och barns inflytande som något som är viktigt för de förskollärare som deltog i min studie. Varje fråga som förskollärarna diskuterade under intervjun, tog utgångspunkt ur barns intressen och utifrån barns förutsättningar.The purpose of my study is to examine how four preschool teachers that work in a music-preschool observe the function of music in preschool and the importance of music activities for children in preschool. I decided to use a semi-structured group interview were four preschool teachers participated. I chose Vygotsky's sociocultural perspective as a theoretical starting point in my work. In my results, I could see a pattern of cooperation, community and the children's influence as aspects that are important for preschool teachers who participated in my survey. Every question that preschool teachers discussed during the interview took a starting point of children's interests and based on children's conditions.
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Brisfjord, Anna. "Förskolegården : Pedagogers syn på lekens och förskolegårdens betydelse för förskolan." Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Education and Psychology, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-3552.
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Syftet med mitt examensarbete var att undersöka, om det finns något samband mellan förskolegårdens utformning och barns utveckling. Litteraturgenomgången i bakgrunden ger en klar bild av förskolegårdens och utomhuspedagogikens betydelse. Utomhusvistelsen påverkar hela kroppen, både psykiskt och fysiskt enligt Szczepanski (2007). Jag gjorde en kvantitativ undersökning, om hur pedagoger ser på sin utemiljö. Sexton förskollärare från tre olika förskolor fick min enkät. Resultatet av min undersökning ger en samstämmig bild av, hur förskolegården kan användas till både lek och lärande. Gårdens utformning är viktig, och det bör finnas en rik variation av lekmaterial. Många pedagoger betonar att barnen utvecklar motorik, samspel, empati och respekt under utevistelsen. Eftersom min undersökning gäller endast tre förskolor, kan det diskuteras, i vilken grad resultaten kan generaliseras. Dock är samstämmigheten så stor i svaren från förskolorna, att pedagogernas uppfattningar om förskolegårdens betydelse och möjligheter troligtvis gäller även övriga förskolor i landet.
The purpose of my study was to examine, whether there is any connection between the preschool yard’s design and child development. Literature review in the background provides the importance of the yard and outdoor education. Outdoor stay affects the whole body both mentally and physically under Szczepanski (2008). I did a quantitative study on how teachers view their outdoor environments. Sixteen preschool teachers from three preschools got my survey. The result of my study gives a unanimous picture of, how the preschool yard can be used for both playing and learning. The design of the yard is important, and there should be a rich variety of toymaterials. Many educators stress that children develop motoric skills, interaction, empathy and respect during the outdoor play. Since my study is based on just three preschools, the results possibly can’t be generalized. However, the answers from the preschools are nearly unanimous, and the result is probably valid all over the country.
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Widén, Anna. "Motorik, inlärning och rörelseglädje : En kvalitativ intervjustudie på förskolan." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för pedagogiska studier, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-32909.
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Sammanfattning Den här studiens syfte har varit att undersöka vilka uppfattningar pedagogerna har om barns kroppsliga rörelser i verksamheten, både i den fria spontana leken och i de planerade rörelseaktiviteterna. De har även fått dela med sig av sina tankar om barns möjligheter till rörelser i verksamheten och hur de ser att det påverkar barnens motoriska utveckling, inlärning och rörelseglädje. Detta har möjliggjorts genom att använda sig av det fenomenologiska perspektivets ”glasögon” där människan erfar världen genom kropp och sinne. Tidigare forskning visar att det finns ett samband mellan rörelse, utveckling och inlärningsförmåga. Metoden som användes var kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer med åtta pedagoger från tre olika förskolor. Resultatet visade att pedagogerna ansåg att barnen har ett stort rörelsebehov och att de har stora möjligheter att få utlopp för det i utomhusmiljön i verksamheten. I resultatet framkom även att barn behöver både spontan fri lek och planerade rörelseaktiviteter för att få röra på hela sin kropp och få öva de grundläggande rörelserna som bidrar till ett lättare lärande i det längre perspektivet.Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the teachers’ views on children's body movements at preschool, both in free and spontaneous play and in planned motion activities. They have also shared their thoughts on children's opportunities to movement at preschool and how they see it affecting the children's motor development, learning, and the joy of motion. This has been made possible by looking through the phenomenological perspectives "eye-glasses", a perspective in which the individual experiences the world through body and mind. Previous research shows that there is a connection between movement, development and learning ability. The method used was qualitative semi-structured interviews with eight teachers from three different preschools. The results showed that teachers felt that the children have a need to be active and that they have great opportunity to do so in the outdoor environment. The result also revealed that children need both spontaneous free play and planned motion activities to get the whole body in motion and to practice the basic movements that contribute to an easier long-term learning.
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Lindberg, Sandra, and Ruthoi Sarah Martionsson. "Kompositörers tal om skapande av barnmusik." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-33264.
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Denna studie täcker outforskade mark kring att komponera barnmusik och hur den kan användas i förskolansverksamhet. Syftet med studien är att ur ett musikdidaktiskt perspektiv undersöka och analysera barnmusikkompositörers tal om barnmusik och hur denna skulle kunna användas på förskolor. Vi använder Nielsens (1998) musikdidaktiska teori som en teoretisk grund. Elva kompositörer har intervjuats om skapandet av sin barnmusik, där bland annat deras syn på barnmusik lyfts fram. Resultatet av studien är att barnmusik är en mångfacetterad genre med många tankar och syften. De vetenskapliga, konstnärliga och hantverksaspekterna blir synliga i respondenternas uttalanden. Likaså de olika dimensionerna som musikundervisning kan grundas på.This study covers unexplored land around composing children's music and how it can be used in the context of preschool. The purpose is to look in to and analyze, from a music didactic perspective, composers speak about children's music and how this could be adapted in preschools. We see Nielsen's (1998) didactic theory of music as a theoretical resource. Eleven composers have been interviewed about children's music where, among other things, their views on children's music are highlighted. The result of the study is that children's music is a multi-faceted genre with many thoughts and purposes. The scientific, artistic and craft-aspects become visible in the respondents' statements. Likewise the different dimensions on which music education can be founded.
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Änggård, Eva. "Bildskapande : en del av förskolebarns kamratkulturer." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema Barn, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-4882.
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The main purpose of the study is to investigate how children act and make meaning in art activities in the Swedish preschool. The study is a contribution to the new social studies of childhood. Children are seen as active participants in the construction and reconstruction of society. Pictures are understood as both culturally and socially produced. They are made in social contexts and earlier pictures are used as raw material. The investigation has an ethnographical approach and two preschools were visited for five weeks each. In all 36 children aged four to six years participated. Data were gathered through participant observations and comprise 37 hours of videotaped art activities, videotaped informal interviews, field notes and documented pictures. Both teacher-guided and unsolicited activities were observed, but in both cases the children's meaning making was in focus. The analyses show that the children use a wide range of pictorial genres. The pictures are produced in dialogue with other pictures: primarily pictures produced by other children, but also the staff's pedagogical illustrations and media pictures. The art activities have different purposes such as exploration of materials, making narrative accounts or producing pictures needed in fantasy play. The production of pictures is connected in several ways to the children's play projects. Girls and boys produce largely different pictures - making pictures could be seen as a way of doing gender. Aesthetic purposes seem to be important to the children. They prefer perfectly shaped forms and use a variety of strategies to accomplish such pictures. The admiration of perfect forms could be understood in relation to children's positions in the society. The social category 'child' is constructed in relation to adults and understood as a deficiency in size, age and abilities. There is a strong positive value connected to growing older and being 'big'. The use of methods that allow one to produce pictures similar to those that older children or adults can produce is one way of appearing as 'big' and competent. One paradox is that the methods used to make pictures attractive in the children's eyes make them less valuable in adults' eyes. Copying or using templates goes against central values that traditionally have dominated art pedagogy, where authenticity is valued and thought of as originating from the individual artist (or child). This contradiction is connected to another contradiction concerning individualism and collectivism. While adults often think of art activities as individual, the children mostly engage in art activities collectively. They sit together with other children when making pictures, they interact with each other during the activities and they produce similar pictures. The children's picture production is part of their peer cultures, and they share and practice what could be understood as their own pictorial cultures.
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Edvinsson, Rebecca. "Barns inflytande i planerade aktiviteter : Förskollärares syn på begreppet barns inflytande." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för didaktik och lärares praktik (DLP), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100238.
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Syftet med studien är att bidra med kunskap om barns inflytande under planerade aktiviteter i förskolans verksamhet utifrån förskollärarens perspektiv. Utifrån detta syfte formulerades två frågeställningar; vilken innebörd lägger förskollärarna i begreppet barns inflytande samt på vilket sätt tar förskollärarna till vara på och ger möjligheter till inflytande i planerade aktiviteter? Det sociokulturella perspektivet ligger till grund för studiens teoretiska perspektiv. Analysen är bearbetad med hjälp av begreppen mediering och den proximala utvecklingzonen. Studien bygger på en kvalitativ metod och bygger på inspelade observationer och semistrukturerade intervjuer med två förskollärare. Resultatet i studien visar på att det finns många olika sätt att arbeta med barns inflytande. Resultatet visar vikten av att följa barnen i deras intressen, vara lyhörd och närvarande men också att miljön påverkar barns inflytande. Resultatet visar också att mina två frågeställningar kan kopplas ihop med varandra genom att förskollärarna beskriver barns inflytande och hur barns inflytande möjliggörs på liknande sätt.
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Gustafsson, Sanna. "Förskolepedagogers sätt att få barnen uppmärksamma på miljöfrågor." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-32581.
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The aim of this study was to find out how the work with environmental issues are implemented in preschools. The method used was an email survey sent to preschool pedagogues in Sweden. The result of the study showed that the environmental issue that was most used was recycling and the activities that was most used were recycling and composting. The result also showed that mixed groups of children between 1-5 years old were the ones who work the most with environmental issues.Denna studies syfte var att undersöka hur arbetet med miljöfrågor på förskolor ser ut. Metoden som användes var epostenkäter och skickades till förskolepedagoger i Sverige. Resultatet som framkom var att miljöfrågor arbetas främst genom vardagssysslor och det som fokuseras på mest ute i verksamheterna är källsortering och kompostering. Det framkom även att blandade åldersgrupper mellan 1-5 år är de barngrupper som arbetar mest med miljöfrågor.
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Roan, Bi-Sho. "A Comparative Study of Children's Intensity of Task-Involvement in a Selected Nursery School." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331217/.
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The problem of this study was a comparison of young children's intensity of task—involvement in child—selected activities. A group of 23 children, four to six years of age, was selected as the subjects from a university affiliated child development laboratory school. These children were observed during child-selected activities for five consecutive weeks. The instrument utilized to collect the data was the Intensity Of Involvement Scale, composed of seven categories of intensity from "Unoccupied" to "Complete." To obtain reliable data, two observers were involved in the observation and a carefully planned procedure of observation was followed accurately. The comparison of children's intensity of task-involvement among child-selected activities, using statistical methods of mean and standard deviation, yielded a similar result among various groups of children. The learning centers in which children were involved most intensely were water play, family living, manipulative, and art centers. The children, however, were involved in the reading, block, and writing centers less intensely. In comparing children's intensity of task-involvement between age-groups and sex-groups, the analyses of two-way t-test revealed that age-differences were significant (p<.05) but sex-differences were not significant in children's overall intensity of task-involvement. Also, the results showed that the significance of differences in children's intensity of task-involvement in each child-selected activity depended more upon the age than the sex of children. In addition, individual differences in children's intensity of task-involvement were examined using mean, frequency distribution, and range. The finding was that children differed from one another in their degrees and variability of intensity of task-involvement in child-selected activities.
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Gejard, Gabriella. ""Jag kan göra matte å minus å plus" : Förskolebarns och pedagogers deltagande i matematiska aktiviteter." Licentiate thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-234629.
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This licentiate thesis examines mathematical activities in a preschool. More precisely, the aim is to create knowledge of how mathematical activities emerge and are constructed in children's interactions with each other and with their teachers. The empirical material consists of video recordings and field notes collected through participant observations during a six-month period in two preschool units for children 3-5 years old. Theoretically the study is based on an ethnomethodological (EM) and conversation analytic (CA) perspective. Video recordings were analyzed using conversation analytic methods, involving a close and detailed analysis of sources in situated mathematical activities. Through the use of an EM and CA perspective this study contributes with new theoretical and methodological approaches to research on mathematical activities in preschools. In the close analysis of children's actions in interaction, an active child with ideas, interests, and commitment emerges, a child who uses a variety of communicative resources when participating in mathematical activities. Whether it is the children or the teachers who initiate the activity the children are actively involved in the construction of the mathematical content. Geometric shapes and concepts as well as different aspects of children's number sense are a couple of the mathematical topics covered in the study. In the activities the childrens display knowledge of math verbally as well as with their bodies, something that is analyzed by using the concept of epistemic stance. The preschool teachers sometimes used occasions when children display specific knowledge as an educational resource for other children's learning. The study also shows that children as well as their teachers follow each other's initiatives in the activities. This means that children change and enlarge the mathematical content within the activities and that the teachers follow the children's initiative. Through this reciprocity the mathematical content of the activity is maintained.
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Marques, Fernanda Martins. "Concepções de crianças sobre a escola de educação infantil." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/29689.
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Ainda que as crianças façam parte da escola e esta se destine principalmente a elas, suas opiniões acerca dessa instituição raramente são escutadas. Com base na perspectiva histórico-cultural do desenvolvimento humano, o objetivo deste estudo foi compreender as concepções das crianças acerca da escola de educação infantil. A amostra foi composta por 5 díades de crianças de 5 anos de idade, que frequentavam o último ano de educação infantil. Cenas e consignas previamente organizadas em 3 sessões de brincar foram utilizadas para eliciar episódios compatíveis com os objetivos do estudo. Os dados foram submetidos a análise de conteúdo temática. Os resultados mostraram que para as crianças a escola de educação infantil é, principalmente, um lugar para brincar, no qual são realizadas atividades específicas, em um espaço físico típico. Esses resultados indicam a importância de se pensar que espaços e oportunidades para brincadeiras estão sendo disponibilizados nas escolas de educação infantil.Although children are part of the school which is addressed mainly to them, their opinions concerning this institution are rarely heard. Based on the cultural historical perspective of human development, this investigation aimed to comprehend how children conceptualize the preschool. Five 5-year-old dyads enrolled in the last year of the preschool compounded the sample. Scenes and instructions previously organized along three play sessions were used to elicit episodes compatibles with the aims of the study. Thematic content analysis was used to analyze the data. The results showed that for the children the school is mainly a place to play and in which specific activities are carried out in a particular physical space. These results open the discussion on the spaces and the opportunities preschools are actually providing for children.
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Castro, de Lacerda Aline. "Kan jag leka med bilar sen? : En essä om bildskapande på förskolan." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-28963.
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This essay begins with an account of three real-life situations that I have experienced as a teacher in a preschool. I describe different scenarios that have highlighted the challenges and problems I face in my work with children who do not actively seek to engage in producing artwork, and who easily become bored or distracted when they do participate. The aim of this essay has been to investigate artwork and children’s lacking desire or interest to participate in such creative activities. The key questions used for my investigation centred on the role of artwork in a preschool environment, and how I, as a teacher, can engage with children who do not wish to participate in such activities. I also evaluate the impact of surroundings on children’s artwork, as well as their opportunity to influence the creative activities. I write in essay form to reflect and identify new perspectives in relation to existing theories. In addition, I use a hermeneutic approach for a more detailed investigation using my own interpretations and perceptions. Lev Vygotsky’s theory about the zone of proximal development helps me to deepen my understanding of how teaching takes place in social contexts during these creative processes. I am also inspired by his views on imagination and creativity. This reflective study has helped me to deepen my understanding of why artwork is important in child development, and how surroundings can both inspire and hinder children’s creative processes. I have come to realise the importance of allowing children to influence their daily schedule, and giving them the opportunity to decide which activities are available at their preschool. Moreover, I have found that my way of engaging with children who are not interested in producing artwork can affect how they relate to the activities. Teachers who inspire their pupils and actively engage in such activities can have a decisive impact on children’s relationships to imagery as an aesthetic form of expression.
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Olsson, Matilda. "“Allt man kan göra inne kan man också göra ute” : -en attitydstudie om vårdnadshavares uppfattningar av utomhuspedagogik i förskolan." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för didaktik och lärares praktik (DLP), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-101565.
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Då den spontana naturkontakten har minskat för barn idag och att samspelet mellan vårdnadshavare och förskolepersonal kan styra hur mycket tid barnen vistas utomhus på förskolan kan valet av förskola påverka barnens möjligheter till naturkontakt. Målet med studien är att undersöka varför en grupp vårdnadshavare valt uteförskola åt sina barn samt vad deras uppfattningar är om barns utevistelse på förskolorna. Studien baseras på en webbaserad enkät som vårdnadshavare vid fem olika uteförskolor fått besvara. Bearbetningen av enkätsvaren utgick från en deskriptiv analys för att upptäcka variationer i svaren. Respondenterna har valt uteförskola åt sina barn eftersom förskolorna besöker naturen regelbundet, att förskolorna arbetar med hållbar utveckling samt att förskolemiljön inspirerar barnen till rörelselekar. Respondenterna efterfrågar även en variation av aktiviteter och miljöer som barnen deltar i. De vårdnadshavare som väljer uteförskola kan antas ha positiva attityder till naturen samt ett eget friluftsintresse som de vill föra vidare till sina barn. Slutsatsen är att förskolan kan behöva bli bättre med att förmedla hur de arbetar med utomhuspedagogiken samt vilken form av lärande som sker vid utevistelsen till vårdnadshavare som valt att placera sina barn på uteförskolor.As the spontaneous contact with nature has decreased for children today and the interaction between guardians and preschool staff may govern how much time the children spend outdoors at the preschool, the choice of preschool can affect the children's opportunities for contact with nature. The aim of the study is to investigate why a group of guardians have chosen an outdoor preschool for their children and what their perceptions are about children's outdoor attendance at preschools. The study consist of a web-based questionnaire that guardians at five different outdoor preschools got to answer. The processing of the questionnaire responses was based on a descriptive analysis to detect variations in the responses. The majority of the respondents have chosen an outdoor preschools for their children because the preschools visit nature regularly, preschools work with sustainable development and preschool environment inspires the children to exercise play. The respondents also inquire a variety of activities and environments in which the children participate. The Guardians who choose an outdoor preschool can be assumed to have a positive attitude towards nature and that they might want to pass on their own outdoor interest to their children. The conclusion is that the preschools may need to improve the communication with the guardians who have choosen outdoor preschools for their children, how they work with outdoor pedagogy and what kind of learning that takes place during the outing.
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See, Heather Marie. "The protective role of home learning activities in the development of head start children's school readiness skills a longitudinal analysis of learning growth rates from preschool through first grade /." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8831.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Human Development/Institute for Child Study. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Adenberg, Sarah, and Duvefjord Nayoung Lee. "Balansgång mellan frihet och styrning : En studie om barns inflytande under planerade och målstyrda undervisande aktiviteter i förskolan." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-44484.
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In professional practice as a preschool teacher there can be a difficult balance between giving the children “real influence” in their everyday life and education and at the same time raise and educate them based on the norms, laws and governing documents that must be followed within the practice. This study aims to find out the teachers own view and perception of the interpretable concept “real influence” and how this is practiced in their daily interaction with the children combined with planned and goal-oriented teaching activities. In order to get results that would contribute to the discussion of this subject we collected empirical data from interviewing preschool teachers and observing their interaction with the children during planned, goal-oriented teaching activities. The empirical data were analyzed with a phenomenographic approach. We analyzed and reflected on the material from several different points of view to try to deepen our understanding and be able to draw well-founded conclusions. We sought support and knowledge using Foucault's power theory and Mead's intersubjectivity theory, which we then linked to the data we collected. The results of this discussion suggest that there is always a balance between real influence and control in the education and interaction with children. It is up to the teachers to define and judge where the line is drawn. Based on their knowledge, experience and governing documents they must determine what is in the best interest for the children both in the present time and in the future.
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Kahriman-, Ozturk Deniz. "Preschool Children." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612365/index.pdf.
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The purpose of this study is to explore preschool children&rsquos attitudes towards environmental issues in terms of consumption patterns, environmental protection, recycling-reusing, and living habits and to investigate gender as a factor affecting environmental attitudes. The sample of the study is comprised of 40 preschool age children living in Ankara, Turkey. The research has been realized by qualitative design and the data were collected through interviews. The interview questionnaire was adapted from
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Weidmert, Niklas, and Lina Svensson. "Utomhuspedagogik i tiden." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för utbildningsvetenskap (UV), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-32488.
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Tidigare forskning kring utomhuspedagogik studerar i stor utsträckning fördelar och nackdelar. I denna studie lyfts frågor om hur förskollärare nyttjar tiden och miljön i utomhusvistelsen. Studien jämför hur mycket tid det läggs på planerade pedagogiska aktiviteter utomhus jämfört med hur mycket total utomhusvistelse förskolorna har. Vår upplevelse är att nästan all tid man vistas utomhus är förlagd till fri lek och orsakerna till detta är något vi undersöker i denna studie. Fyra förskolor medverkar i studien och enskilda intervjuer har gjorts med åtta utbildade förskollärare. Studien visar att miljön har betydelse för hur mycket lärandetid det är som läggs utomhus. Brist på tid och resurser (personal, pengar och utbildning) ses som en begränsning till hur mycket förskolorna arbetar med utomhuspedagogik. Kunskaper om utomhuspedagogik och förskollärares inställning och förhållningssätt till denna pedagogik tycks enligt de intervjuade påverka dem i hur mycket pedagogiskt planerade aktiviteter de förlägger utomhus. Studiens resultat visar att vistelsen utomhus mestadels är förlagd till fri lek. Det förvånade oss att en förskola med stor gård och närhet till både skog och hav/sjö sällan tar tillvara på miljön för att skapa ett lärande. Anledningen är att det är många barn per förskollärare. Samtidigt visar den procentuella jämförelsen på att denna förskola har ungefär lika mycket pedagogiskt planerade aktiviteter kontra total utomhusvistelse som några av de andra förskolorna i studien. Förskollärarna i vår studie påpekar att de vill ha ett samspel mellan planerade aktiviteter och fri lek (där spontant lärande ingår) för att skapa en variation som ska hjälpa barnen att komma vidare i sin utveckling. Här ser vi att de har mycket att arbeta med för att skapa detta samspel då den största delen av tiden utomhus spenderas till fri lek.Earlier studies show in big expansion of the positive and negative outcomes of outdoor education. The focus in this study is on how preschool teachers use the environment to create a learning situation and how they use the time spent outdoors. This study compares the time spent on planned educational activities outdoors versus total time spent outdoors. Our experience is that almost all time spent outdoors are located in free play and the reasons for this is something we examine in this study. Four preschools participate in this study where interviews were conducted with eight preschool teachers. The study showed that the environment had an impact on how much learning time is spent outdoors. Lack of time and resources (staff, money and education) is seen as a limitation on how much time the preschools are working with outdoor education. Knowledge about outdoor education and the attitude and approach of the preschool teachers to this type of pedagogy seem to have an impact on how much time they are using on planned educational activities placed outdoors. The results of the study show that almost all time spent outdoor was used for free play. We were surprised about that one of the preschools didn’t take advantages of outdoor environment even though they have a big yard and are placed near a forest, a lake and an ocean. The reason is that there are many children per preschool teachers. This preschool has about as much planned educational activities versus total time spent on free play outdoor as some of the other preschools in the study, in percentage terms. To create a variation that will help children to make progress in their development, the preschool teachers in our study point out that they want to have an interaction between planned activities and free play (where spontaneous learning are included). The teachers have much to work with to create this interaction since the study showed that they spent most of the time on free play outdoors.
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Duchastel, Christina. "Sibling Interaction in Preschool Children." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Psychology, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-852.
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This study investigates interaction in eight sibling pairs aged 1-5 years with the purpose of examining the prevalence of certain variables constituting the interaction. The siblings were observed with video camera while playing with a toy brought along by the author. In order to validate and expand upon the information obtained from the observations, the parent(s) were asked to respond to a number of questions from a Questionnaire. The variables investigated were reciprocal and complementary interaction, asymmetrical roles, imitation, conflict, joint and parallel play and communication. The results obtained indicate that, in these eight sibling pairs, reciprocal interaction, that is interaction taking place on an equal level, is signified by joint play. Complementary interaction, that is interaction taking place on different levels, is signified by parallel play. High activity level for boys versus low activity level for girls in three sibling pairs were observed to correspond to gender-specific play activities in everyday life.
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Vielhaber, Donna Marie. "Disciplining preschool children, parent interaction." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0027/MQ51814.pdf.
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Kalantari-Darani, Mehrdad. "Conduct disorders in preschool children." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241820.
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Baker, Kim Denise. "A comparison of expressive vocabulary produced by nonambulatory, speaking preschool children and ambulatory speaking preschool children." PDXScholar, 1992. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4250.
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Children with severe physical disabilities often do not have the capabilities for oral communication. Professionals are frequently faced with selecting vocabulary for children who are unable to use vocal output because of severe motor impairments. A child who is nonambulatory may have additional reasons for communicating and sees the world from a different viewpoint than his ambulatory peers. Selecting appropriate words for an initial lexicon that are useful to nonspeaking disabled children that also meet normal language acquisition standards is a concern. This study specifically addresses this concern by looking at the vocabulary differences of ambulatory and nonambulatory preschool children. The purpose of this research project was to compare expressive vocabulary produced by nonambulatory, speaking children with the expressive vocabulary produced by ambulatory, speaking children. It is suggested that the vocabulary of nonambulatory, speaking children might be more appropriate for selecting a lexicon for AAC systems if indeed, they are different from words produced by ambulatory, speaking children.
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Swarner, Joyce Carroll. "Ordinal size scaling in preschool children." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184584.
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Young children are limited in their usage of comparative adjectives and ordinal numbers, typical ways of describing ordinal relationships. However, research in a number of areas suggests the possibility of a precursor level of ordinal concept. To facilitate the search for precursor ordinal skills, ordinal ability was defined in ordinal measurement terms. Only "greater than - less than," asymmetric judgements were required. Additionally, linguistic demands were reduced by using family-role terms as size designators. Experimental manipulations included variations in scale size and in the complexity level of ordinal conceptualization. Solution strategies based on "good form" and on "pairwise comparison" were precluded by using pictures of randomly placed objects which could not be manipulated by the child. Ninety-six 3-6 year old children pointed to "Daddy," "Mommy," "Big boy/girl," "Little boy/girl," and "Baby" when shown sets of 3 to 5 circles or squares which differed only in size. Tasks were of three types: Identification, mapping labels onto a single set of objects; Coordination, mapping labels onto two identical sets of objects in which corresponding "family members" are the same size; and Transposition, mapping labels onto two separate sets in which corresponding family members are of different sizes. Data were analyzed in an Age (3), by Scale Size (3), by Complexity Level (3), by Shape (2) mixed design ANOVA, and significant main effects were obtained for all variables. Tasks became more difficult with increases in scale size, and in complexity level. Square objects were slightly more difficult than circular, and older children were more proficient than younger ones. Post hoc tests generally supported the obtained main effects. Finer grained analysis using Latent Trait procedures supported the global ANOVA results, and supported the hypothesis that the end points of a scale are easier than the central positions. Response patterns indicated that errors were size-related, and suggested transitional levels of performance. The present study demonstrates that children as young as three can demonstrate a precursor ordinal concept when the task is framed in familiar terms and is placed in a context which is meaningful for them.
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Hui, Man-yee Mary, and 許文愉. "Educating "moral" children: observations froma preschool." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B35416919.
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Kim, Wheetai. "Friendship and conflict among preschool children." Access restricted to users with UT Austin EID Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3034554.
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Jarman, Megan. "Improving the diets of preschool children." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2014. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/374567/.
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Plum, Jane Meacham Jr. "Nutrition Knowledge Assessment of Preschool Children." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35377.
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A game with food and nutrition related pictures was developed to provide an opportunity for a classroom teacher to interview preschool children for assessment of nutrition knowledge concepts. Specifically, knowledge of vegetable concepts which included identification of the food, the food group, the source, preparation methods and use by the body was measured. The assessment was administered to five groups of children (ages two and one-half to five years) in preschools and child care centers in Reston, VA by high school early childhood education students. The assessment was designed to meet current criteria that assessment be teacher administered, provide useful information to the teacher, reflect the typical activities of children in the classroom and be one of a variety of assessments used. The assessment was successfully administered by the high school students working as teacher aides. The assessment gave teachers useful information about each class and individual children which could be used in curriculum planning. The assessment fit into the usual classroom activities, in this case, a games and manipulatives learning center. The assessment provided more in-depth information about children's knowledge than multiple choice tests used in previous research on nutrition knowledge, because the teachers recorded children's responses to open-ended questions. Children's responses indicated elementary understanding of food and nutrition concepts suggesting that classroom teachers need to make greater use of the variety of nutrition education materials available.Master of Science
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Sehic, Musinovic Jesenka, and Fejzullahi Florije Zeqiri. "Preschool children´s meeting with literacy." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-32206.
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Studiens syfte är att undersöka vilka metoder och arbetssätt förskollärare förhåller sig till för att främja barns språkutveckling genom läsning i förskolan.Denna studie görs utifrån ett sociokulturellt perspektiv och baserar sig på grundtesen att människors interaktion, möten med varandra, är betydelsefullt för hur språkinlärning och lärandet sker i samspelet med andra i olika situationer och med olika verktyg. Detta har undersökts genom en kvalitativ metod där fem förskollärare från fem olika förskolor har intervjuats.Studiens resultat visar att läsning förekommer i verksamheten varje dag på alla fem förskolorna men att det skiljer sig åt i vilken utsträckning läsning sker mellan förskollärare och barngrupp. De äldre barnen tar del av kapitelböcker för att skapa en djupare förståelsen för orden och de yngre barnen får möjligheten att själva kunna skapa sig en bild av sagan. Barnen lär sig på det sättet nya ord i samspel med andra som de sedan själva använder i sina lekar. Läsning sker initierat av både barn och vuxna och valet av litteraturen beror på om tillfället är planerat eller spontant.
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Schuckman, Melanie. "Voice Characteristics of Preschool Age Children." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1209154612.
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Vu, Jennifer Anh-Thu. "Representations of relationships children have with mothers, teachers, and friends, and their relation to social competence." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1872211291&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Li, Hui. "Contributors to Chinese literacy development : a longitudinal study of preschoolers in Beijing, Hong Kong and Singapore /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2218918X.
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Hui, Man-yee Mary. "Educating "moral" children observations from a preschool /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B35416919.
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Yuen, Hang-yin Emily. "Prenominal modification in Cantonese-speaking preschool children." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36209570.
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Thesis (B.Sc)--University of Hong Kong, 1997."A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Speech and Hearing Sciences), The University of Hong Kong, April 30, 1997." Also available in print.
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Bergeson, Tonya Rochelle. "Mothers' singing to infants and preschool children." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ29182.pdf.
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Sellström, Eva. "Studies in safety promotion for preschool children /." Stockholm, 2000. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2000/91-628-4271-4/.
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LIU, YUNG-CHIEH, and 劉詠倢. "An Action Research of Integrating APP into Preschool Children Origami Activities." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/dew59k.
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碩士國立臺北教育大學
數位科技設計學系(含玩具與遊戲設計碩士班)
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This research uses action research to explore the course of integrating App into preschool children's origami activities. The research observes the changes in preschool children's spatial ability and status of self-learning for a period of six weeks of origami activities with App, and use the data collected in the activities to analyze the action process of origami activity. The objects of the research were 30 preschool children aged 5 years old in the public kindergarten of New Taipei City. Experiments were conducted on the preschool children and collected the data before and after the tests to explore the impact of origami App on preschool children's spatial ability and the occurrence of self-learning behavior. In order to meet the needs of preschool children's origami activities, this research used Unity to create an origami App which contains origami animation for each step, so that preschool children can independently choose whether they need animation to assist origami activities. The results of the research found that after using the App the post-test scores of the preschool children's space test improved. and according to the feedback of App preschool children satisfaction feedback sheet, the origami App meets the needs of preschool children's origami and can enhance the ability of converting 2D space to 3D space through origami animation. The origami App can also increase the motivations and behaviors of preschool children's self-learning origami.
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Chen, Ting-Yu, and 陳亭宇. "The Effect of Sweating Gross Motor Activities on Learning Concentration in Preschool Children." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3jnk4n.
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碩士國立臺北教育大學
幼兒與家庭教育學系碩士在職專班
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The purpose of this study is to explore the effect and influence of concentration of preschool children by implementing the Sweating Gross Motor Activities. Grid concentration exercise is based on Weinberg (1988) and adapted from Lin (2001). This research grid concentration exercise was modified to various types of graphics, and refers to the activity design course from Huang (2016) (including running motion, jumping motion, balance, and throwing) to be used as the research tools. The research subjects consisted of 32 children from a Banqiao Preschool, 19 boys and 13 girls. They were monitored three times a week, lasting for eight weeks, over a total of 24 gross motor activities courses. The concentration test was applied before and after the gross motor activity courses. Data collected was analyzed quantitatively with descriptive statistics and independent samples of t-tests and paired t-tests, with α=.05 significant levels. Results of this study were as follows: 1. Tests revealed that the preschool children improved their concentration through the use of these motor activities. 2. After the gross motor activities courses, the girl's concentration became better than boy's.
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WU, SHANG-SHU, and 吳尚書. "The predictive study of daily activities for the motor development of preschool children." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/12919217292088478852.
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The purpose of this study was understand the relationship among the preschool children’s demographic information (such as gender and age), physical activity level, and motor development which included the gross and the fine motor. According to the dynamical systems theory, the motor development was not only affected by the preschool children’s gender and age, but also by the other multidimensional system, such as physical activity. The literature indicated that the motor development was related to the physical activity, but they had uncertainty relationship. This study recruited 44 4-to 6-year-old preschool children (24 boys and 20 girls) who came from four different cities. Thereafter, the study investigated their physical activity levels and motor performance. There are some important findings. First of all, physical activity Level of hold week had significant predictive power on motor development. And specific level of physical activity on motor development also had significant predictive power. In the hierarchical regression analysis, this study found the two effective predictors of motor development which were gender and age. Moreover, the two effective predictors of the gross motor development were age and the moderate physical activity level. In addition, the two effective predictors of the fine motor development were gender and age. Besides, the best predicting factors for the motor development which included the gross and the fine motor development was age.