Children's Play Preferences: Implications for the Preschool Education

Autor/inn/en	Gmitrova, Vlasta; Podhajecka, Maria; Gmitrov, Juraj
Titel	Children's Play Preferences: Implications for the Preschool Education
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 179 (2009) 3, S.339-351 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Play; Preschool Education; Females; Family Environment; Teaching Methods; Preschool Children; Imagination; Peer Relationship; Cognitive Development; Affective Behavior; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Slovakia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spiel; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Familienmilieu; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschule; Peer-Beziehungen; Kognitive Entwicklung; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Slowakei
Abstract	Previously we found in preschool that child-directed pretend play in small playing groups importantly improves cognitive competence in mixed-age environment and that the effect is based on close coupling between affective and cognitive domain. To foster affective and cognitive intertwining, it is reasonable to select the most favored pretend plays evoking maximum positive emotions during the playing process. The goal here was to investigate play preferences in mixed-aged and gender classes. We found that girls significantly preferred pretend play (mean number of players [plus or minus] standard error of the mean, number of analyzed plays: girls versus boys, 2.35 [plus or minus] 0.03, n = 3006 versus 2.13 [plus or minus] 0.04, n = 3001, p less than 0.0001) as opposed to boys, who favored constructive play (boys versus girls, 2.47 [plus or minus] 0.04, n = 2884 versus 2.27 [plus or minus] 0.04, n = 2883, p = 0.0004). The most preferred pretend play, acceptable for both genders, arise from family environment, comprising a potentially effective "carrier" of the cognitive skills by easy and pleasurable manner. (Contains 6 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10