Exploring Divisions What to Be Learned from Observing Young Children's Social Preferences

Autor/in	Gulløv, Eva
Titel	Exploring Divisions What to Be Learned from Observing Young Children's Social Preferences
Quelle	In: Ethnography and Education, 16 (2021) 3, S.311-326 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gulløv, Eva)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1745 -7823
DOI	10.1080/17457823.2020.1861955
Schlagwörter	Preferences; Ethnography; Social Differences; Peer Relationship; Child Care; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Social Influences; Play; Toys; Peer Groups; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnografie; Sozialer Unterschied; Peer-Beziehungen; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Sozialer Einfluss; Spiel; Toy; Spielzeug; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Dänemark
Abstract	This article concerns young children's social preferences in early childcare in Denmark. Based on detailed and long-term ethnographic observations, the analysis shows how children's choices of playmates are patterned in ways that reflect their various social and cultural experiences in and out of the institutional settings. In general, children seem to prefer to be with others who share and acknowledge the same kinds of knowledge, experiences, and references and this leads to a pattern of rather distinct social interest-groups. The article explores why such lines of divisions are to be found in an institutional context designed to overcome social inequality and prevent social fragmentation. Furthermore, it argues that systematic ethnographic observations not only can help to understand what matters in early childcare for different persons, but also examine the social processes behind preferences and priorities and how they resonate with social divisions of broader society. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01