The "Space" of Friendship: Young Children's Understandings and Expressions of Friendship in a Reception Class

Autor/in	Papadopoulou, Marianna
Titel	The "Space" of Friendship: Young Children's Understandings and Expressions of Friendship in a Reception Class
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 186 (2016) 10, S.1544-1558 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2015.1111879
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Comprehension; Student Experience; Social Development; Preschool Children; Intention; Participatory Research; Preschool Education; Observation; Participant Observation; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Verstehen; Verständnis; Studienerfahrung; Soziale Entwicklung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Forschungstätigkeit; Beobachtung; Teilnehmende Beobachtung
Abstract	The purpose of this study has been to explore young children's understandings and experiences of friendship as these manifested in children's behaviours, in a reception class setting. Drawing on an evolutionary, ecological framework, friendship is seen as not only the expression and further development of social understandings and cognitive advances; more than that, making and maintaining friends is seen as an evolutionary trait and a "drive" to relate to similarly minded others. Through "niche picking", children select the environments and opportunities that suit them in order to develop their dispositions and individual traits. The research employed a participatory design in order to capture the children's views and experiences. It took place in a reception class setting, where children's everyday experiences were observed and discussed with them. The study identified six themes of analysis and offered some suggestions about creating enabling educational environments that allow the "space" for niche construction. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01