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How different are parents and educators? A comparative study of interactive differences between parents and educators in a collaborative adult-child activity
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 11, p e0205991 (2018), Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Data are available from the Tandem Portuguese Studies (including "How different are parents and educators? A comparative study of interactive differences between parents and educators in a collaborative adult-child activity") is available APA URL (https://osf.io/r9j4k/?view_only=baf7c703cdaa4ae8b64ad055b8fb1770).<br />Involving children in collaborative tasks supports their cognitive, motor and social development. This study, performed in Portugal, aims to describe and compare early childhood educators and parents regarding their collaborative and interactive behavior when working with children. For that purpose, 55 educators (of both genders) with a child from their class and 45 parents (of both genders) with their children, participated in an everyday-like quasi-experimental situation for 20 minutes. The participants were invited to build an object of their choice, using a range of available materials and tools. The children included 47 boys and 48 girls, between 3 and 5 year-old. In comparison with the parents, the educators encouraged the children more to explore and find their own solutions. Conversely, the parents helped their children by offering demonstrations and directions. When the educators and the parents were grouped by gender ("men" versus "women"), different opportunities were offered to boys and girls by male and female adults. Our study suggests that educators and parents serve as diverse, but complementary educational role models and provide different learning opportunities.<br />The first author was funded by Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (PTDC/MHC-PED/1424/2014). This research was funded by CIED/ESELX and Anual para Projetos de Investigacao, Desenvolvimento, Inovacao e Criacao Artistica do IPL-2016.The first author was funded by Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (PTDC/MHC-PED/1424/2014). This research was funded by CIED/ESELX and Anual para Projetos de Investigacao, Desenvolvimento, Inovacao e Criacao Artistica do IPL-2016 & 2018. We gratefully acknowledge the Holger Brandres and Markus Andrae guidance in starting this project. This paper is dedicated to all Portuguese Tandem team http://tandemforfour.weebly.com/sobrenoacutes.html<br />Financial Support by CIEC (Research Centre on Child Studies, IE, UMinho; FCT R&D unit 317, Portugal) by the Strategic Project UID/CED/00317/2013, with financial support of National Funds through the FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology) and co-financed by European Regional Development Funds (FEDER) through the COMPETE 2020 - Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Program (POCI) with the reference POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007562
- Subjects :
- Male
Parents
lcsh:Medicine
Social Sciences
050109 social psychology
02 engineering and technology
Developmental psychology
Fathers
Families
Child Development
Learning and Memory
Learning opportunities
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Psychology
Early childhood
lcsh:Science
Child
Children
Class (computer programming)
Multidisciplinary
4. Education
05 social sciences
Cognition
Child, Preschool
Female
Human learning
Research Article
Adult
IPL/2016/Tandem4_ESELx
Parenting Behavior
Mothers
adult-child activity
Human Learning
Educators
Humans
Learning
Adults
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Social Behavior
Behavior
Science & Technology
Portugal
020208 electrical & electronic engineering
Social change
lcsh:R
Cognitive Psychology
Biology and Life Sciences
Child development
Age Groups
People and Places
Cognitive Science
lcsh:Q
Population Groupings
Neuroscience
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PloS one
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3bc6cba11c2c4d14c7830927181615bd