Toddlers' Use of Peer Rituals at Mealtime: Symbols of Togetherness and Otherness

Autor/in	Mortlock, Anita
Titel	Toddlers' Use of Peer Rituals at Mealtime: Symbols of Togetherness and Otherness
Quelle	In: International Journal of Early Years Education, 23 (2015) 4, S.426-435 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0966-9760
DOI	10.1080/09669760.2015.1096237
Schlagwörter	Toddlers; Socialization; Interaction; Preschool Teachers; Preschool Children; Video Technology; Observation; Foreign Countries; Child Behavior; Social Behavior; Cooperation; Peer Relationship; Food; Humor; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Interaktion; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Beobachtung; Ausland; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Co-operation; Kooperation; Peer-Beziehungen; Lebensmittel; Humoristische Darstellung; Neuseeland
Abstract	Mealtimes and their associated rituals are recognised as important aspects of human socialisation; however, much of the research about mealtimes in early childhood education settings has focused on health or on adult-child discursive exchanges. The present study aimed to investigate children's interactions with each other and their influence on the structural aspects of mealtime. The participants were four toddlers and their teachers at one community-based childcare in New Zealand. Narrative data were interpreted from video observations and discussions with teachers. Findings showed that the toddlers playfully cooperated with each other in order to develop their own ritual. This ritual subverted the routine, communicated togetherness and reinforced the toddlers' identity as separate to that of the adults. This article posits that teachers should seek to understand and respond sensitively to toddlers' peer rituals, where such rituals engender positive effects on the children's sense of togetherness. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01