Naslov
Children’s perspectives on play in early childhood education settings

Autori
Golik Homolak, Ivana ; Višnjić-Jevtić, Adrijana ; Galinec, Matea

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), ostalo

Izvornik
ICERI2020 Proceedings / Gómez Chova, L. ; López Martínez, A. ; Candel Torres, I. - Sevilla : International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2020, 2597-2604

ISBN
978-84-09-24232-0

Skup
13th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2020)

Mjesto i datum
Online, 09.11.2020. - 10.11.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
children’s perspective ; photographs ; play ; preschool children

Sažetak
The research focuses young children perceptions of play and playing in early childhood education (ECE) settings where the role of adults is to provide materials, spaces and possibilities and to enhance children’s play in different ways. Previously conducted research shows the discrepancy between children’s and adult’s view of the play, so it was justified to find children’s perspective on play. Children's ideas were approached by participatory research focused on children perspective. Participants were 100 children, aged 5 and 6 years recruited from 3 ECE settings in Croatia. Children perceptions on play were gained by their own visual representations seen through photographs taken by children themselves. Children discussed their perspective by explanation of their photographs during semi structured interviews. In interviews children explained their own perception of play, but also discussed photographs taken by other children. Results identified differences and similarities in children’s perceptions on play (absence of adults, use of open ended materials, freedom, hiding, exploring new possibilities, imaginary worlds…) The implications of gathered findings are discussed concluding that using cameras and photographs taken by children enables us in accessing and sharing children’s perspective on play and genuinely include theirs voices. Gathered findings also open discussion on the role adults take in children’s play.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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