What Personal/Social Skills Are Important for Young Children Commencing Kindergarten?: Exploring Teachers' and Parents' Insights

Autor/inn/en	King, Patricia; Boardman, Margot
Titel	What Personal/Social Skills Are Important for Young Children Commencing Kindergarten?: Exploring Teachers' and Parents' Insights
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 31 (2006) 3, S.15-21 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0312-5033
Schlagwörter	Questionnaires; Kindergarten; Social Development; Young Children; Interpersonal Competence; Interpersonal Relationship; Preschool Teachers; Foreign Countries; Student Development; Teacher Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Family School Relationship; Interaction; Student Behavior; Skill Development; Daily Living Skills; Interpersonal Communication; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fragebogen; Soziale Entwicklung; Frühe Kindheit; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Lehrerverhalten; Elternverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Interaktion; Student behaviour; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Alltagsfertigkeit; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Australien
Abstract	This article reports on a study that investigated the importance of children possessing personal/social skills when starting kindergarten, from teachers' and parents' perspectives. The study involved a sample of 16 kindergarten teachers and 63 parents of kindergarten children from government schools in one of the six education districts within the Tasmanian Department of Education. Data was collected through mailed questionnaires, which utilised 22 personal/social skills sourced from the Early Social Skills brochure (Department of Education, 2002a) and the Kindergarten Development Check (Department of Education, 2003). Results from the study support the importance of socially preparing children for the kindergarten environment, with emphasis being placed upon children commencing kindergarten with many of the specified personal/social skills. It was revealed that there was a lack of congruence between teachers' and parents' perceptions in respect of some items, in the areas of "attitude to learning" and "social communication". This indicates that there may be inconsistent expectations between home and school which have the potential to impact negatively upon a child's personal/social development. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10