Building Children's Sense of Community in a Day Care Centre through Small Groups in Play

Autor/inn/en	Koivula, Merja; Hännikäinen, Maritta
Titel	Building Children's Sense of Community in a Day Care Centre through Small Groups in Play
Quelle	In: Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 37 (2017) 2, S.126-142 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-5146
DOI	10.1080/09575146.2016.1180590
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Sense of Community; Small Group Instruction; Child Care Centers; Play; Foreign Countries; Friendship; Ethnography; Child Development; Attachment Behavior; Sharing Behavior; Caring; Qualitative Research; Content Analysis; Group Dynamics; Group Unity; Emotional Response; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kinderbetreuung; Spiel; Ausland; Freundschaft; Ethnografie; Kindesentwicklung; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Qualitative Forschung; Inhaltsanalyse; Gruppendynamik; Gruppenidentität; Emotionales Verhalten; Finnland
Abstract	This study examines the process through which children build a sense of community in small groups in a day care centre. The study asks the following: how does children's sense of community develop, and what are its key features? Data were collected by applying ethnographic methods in a group of three- to five-year-old children over eleven months. The results show that children's sense of community developed through three stages. In the first stage, it evolved gradually through experiences in joint play. In the second stage, stable friendships were formed and strengthened in play. In the third and final stage, sense of community was fully established and children's emotional bonding was strong, manifesting itself in affective and physical closeness, sharing and caring and togetherness. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01