Naslov
Tangram - context for peer interaction

Autori
Irović, Stanislava

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

Izvornik
Play and Toys Today / - Erfurt : Universität Erfurt, 2001

Skup
22nd World Play fonference: Play and Toys Today

Mjesto i datum
Erfurt, Njemačka, 06.06.2001. - 08.06.2001

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
peer interaction; peer tutoring; play

Sažetak
Peer interaction has high developmental potentials on a social and cognitive plan. Peers involved in a common activity trying to solve a cognitive/problem task possess different degree of, for a task relevant knowledge and skills, i.e. different degree of competence. Developmental closeness ("optimal distance") gives developmental value to peer interaction. Peers - active participants in the interaction establish inter-subjectivity, solve problems of social and cognitive task regulation and make developmental progress. This paper discusses a dyad peer interaction (12 pairs of children, aged 5-6) in the process of solving a cognitive/problem task in the context of play - tangram. The ways of partner action co-ordination and the quality of co-operation are being questioned on the basis of insight into the solitary and interactive activities on the level of sample as a whole, on the level of pairs and on the level of individual children. In some pairs, one of the children is qualified as a more competent partner that assumes the role of a "teacher" - supports partner's activities, monitors his/her own and partner's activities, modelling in that way more productive solutions for a task. In pairs where partners have more or less the same competence, peers - partners share the responsibility for cognitive and social regulation of the task. Doing the task together with a peer helps children to solve problems they themselves could otherwise not solve on their own. This makes the peer-interaction a sort of a "runway" for development of child's cognitive capabilities and social and interaction skills.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija

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