In and out of Synch: Infant Childcare Teachers' Adaptations to Infants' Developmental Changes

Autor/inn/en	Recchia, Susan L.; Shin, Minsun
Titel	In and out of Synch: Infant Childcare Teachers' Adaptations to Infants' Developmental Changes
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 182 (2012) 12, S.1545-1562 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2011.630075
Schlagwörter	Infants; Caregivers; Cues; Teacher Educators; Case Studies; Qualitative Research; Caregiver Child Relationship; Video Technology; Child Development; Infant Behavior; Educational Quality; Early Childhood Education; Developmental Stages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Stichwort; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Qualitative Forschung; Kindesentwicklung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Early childhood; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik
Abstract	This qualitative multi-case study explored the social exchanges and responsive connections between infants and their infant childcare teachers within a group care context. Infants' naturally occurring behaviours were videotaped purposefully at two separate time points, near the end of their first year and approximately six months later. Findings revealed various ways that infants and their teachers were "in synch" or "out of synch" within everyday practice. Infant teachers were "in synch" with infants when they established reciprocal and meaningful joint understandings that were differentiated according to infants' individual and changing developmental needs. Infant teachers could also be "out of synch" with an infant when they missed the infant's subtle cues or an infant did not easily adapt to caregivers' expectations and styles. Our findings urge teachers and teacher educators to think deeply about the meaning and complex nature of high quality, responsive caregiving within infant childcare environments. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10