scholarly journals Perspectives on Families and Parenting in Early Years: A Critical Review of Evidence in Policy and Curriculum Documents

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 281-293
Author(s):  
Sevim Karaoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Early Childhood Curriculum ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
Children's Development ◽  
Children’S Development

This critical review has sought to examine the parental provision in the Turkish policy and early childhood curriculum. It has been vehemently acknowledged by literature and policy documents in overall the world that the role of parents play as principal educators of their children has also been highlighted. Family have significant roles for their children’s development as providing atmosphere during early years. In fact, there has been a volume of studies and policy documents that have put an emphasis on the diversity of parents’ role on children’s development in their early years period. However, there is limited inclusion of approaches to support children’s learning and development practiced by families within educational context. Therefore, this critical review aimed to locate the national and international research and documentary evidence relating to parenthood in the early years sector within wide-ranging search and Turkish policy documents. This review brings to life the theories about the benefits and importance of parenthood implications and issues and will help illustrate how practice can affect children either positively and negatively.

Supporting Giftedness in Families: A Resources Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 372-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilma Vialle
Keyword(s):  
Learning Resources ◽  
School Factors ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
Qualitative Design ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
Children's Development ◽  
Children’S Development ◽  
Parents And Caregivers

There is ample evidence that families are important in supporting the development of giftedness in children. Although there has been a great deal of research addressing individual and school factors in promoting giftedness, the role of parents and caregivers is comparatively underresearched, particularly in Australia. This study investigated the ways in which parents supported their children’s development, drawing on the educational and learning capital framework within the Actiotope Model of Giftedness. A qualitative design was adopted and semistructured interviews were conducted with 32 parents and caregivers. The data demonstrated that parents draw on all 10 educational and learning resources in creating favorable environments to support their children’s development.

Parents’ Speech and Children’s Stuttering: A Critique of the Literature

1995 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 978-989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn A. Nippold ◽  
Mishelle Rudzinski
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Question Asking ◽  
Speech Behaviors ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
The Way

The role of parents in relation to their children’s stuttering has been of great interest to speech-language pathologists for more than 50 years. As part of treatment, speech-language pathologists frequently advise parents to modify their speech behaviors when talking with their children. For example, parents are often told to speak more slowly and to refrain from interrupting or questioning the child excessively. Given the commonness of this advice, it is important to examine the research upon which it is based. This article contains a critical review of the literature concerning the role of parents’ speech behaviors (e.g., rate, interruptions, question-asking) in relation to their children’s stuttering. Published studies are reported and analyzed in order to determine the extent to which parents may affect their children’s stuttering through their own speech behaviors. The review indicates that there is little convincing evidence to support the view that parents of children who stutter differ from parents of children who do not stutter in the way they talk with their children. Similarly, there is little objective support for the argument that parents’ speech behaviors contribute to children’s stuttering or that modifying parents’ speech behaviors facilitates children’s fluency. Implications for treatment and for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Walt Disney’s Movie Soundtracks as Media in Developing Character Education for Children

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-27
Author(s):  
FA Wisnu Wirawan ◽  
Prima Dona Hapsari
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Education Needs ◽  
Children's Development ◽  
Special Time ◽  
Children’S Development

As a medium of communication, a song has a great impact on children’s development. A small number of children song generate children to sing adult songs, however, there are some adult songs which are not suitable the children in relation to lyrics and theme. The incomprehension of the lyrics and meaning existed in the song can be psychologically influential for the child’s development. This study analyzes the role of Walt Disney’s cartoon soundtracks for character education to children. This is a qualitative-descriptive research, taking observation and in-depth interview to 10 informants who have children of 7-11 years old in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The results stated that the soundtracks How Far I’ll Go and Let It Go bring positive characters in contents that are useful for character education. The character education taken from lyrics of the songs is conveyed and developed by vocabulary enrichment, the discussion in easy-digested language, and storytelling. These require special time. The good changes in children’s good characters happen by time and process. Therefore, character education needs to be continued and developed in different ways.

scholarly journals The Role of the Working Mother in Preschoolers’ Play Activities

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
. Mariana ◽  
Debilly Yuan Boyoh
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Working Mothers ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Working Mother ◽  
Quantitative Correlation ◽  
Children's Development ◽  
Correlation Design ◽  
Children’S Development

A key preschooler activity is playtime. When the children play, assistance is needed. The role of mothers in children’s development is very important, particularly with regards to the provision of appropriate games based on the child’s age. However, this is more difficult for working mothers as their time and ability to monitor their children’s development is more limited. This study aims to determine the role of working mothers with regards to play assistance and game selection in pre-school children. The study used a quantitative correlation design. The population and sample in this study were 81 mothers working in the Bandung Advent Hospital with pre-school age children (3-6 years), and a purposive sampling method was used. Data collection consisted of a questionnaire with 12 statements for the assistance element and 10 statements for the game choice element. The data was analyzed by using univariate and bevariat analysis. The findings demonstrate that the role of mothers in children playing assistance is adequate and they generally choose games that are suitable for pre-school age children (72.8%). Moreover, there was no significant relationship between the role of working mothers in play-assistance and choosing toys in pre-school children with pValue> 0.05.   Keywords: Role of working mothers, pre-school age children, play accompaniment

Play and Learning in Early Childhood Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 147-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalila Maria Lino ◽  
Cristina Parente
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Free Play ◽  
Reggio Emilia ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Learning Through Play

The key role of toys and play in early years education has been highlighted by several childhood pedagogues such as Froebel, Montessori, Weikart, and Malaguzzi, among many others. It is consensual among the international educational community that children now spend far more time being instructed and tested in literacy and math than they do learning through play and exploration exercising their bodies and using their imagination. This chapter aims to reflect on the power of play for children's learning and development and to analyze how three pedagogical models—the High Scope, Reggio Emilia, and Montessori—integrate play through their curriculum development. The chapter is organized in several topics, namely (1) the role of play in early childhood education (0 to 6 years); (2) the High Scope curriculum and opportunities given to children to engage in free play and play with purposes; (3) the Reggio Emilia approach: play through 100 languages; (4) the Montessori method, from hands-on activity and self-directed activity to collaborative play; (5) final remarks.

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