15 jaar 15 oktober 2004

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15 jaar 15 oktober 2004
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Young children playing together and coping with
conflicts A training programme for educators
Research training project Elly Singer, Dorian
de Haan, University Utrecht Anke van Keulen,
Bureau MUTANT, The Netherlands www.mutant.nl
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Research
Perspective democratic social life in peer
group Focus on 1) Peer relations
constructing rules 2) Role teachers and
educators fostering and co-constructing positive
relationships
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Research

• 2-3 years olds
• different ethnic backgrounds
• in 23 child care centres
• including the mothers

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Publication The social lives of young children
play, conflict and moral learning in day-care
groups

• Teachers, educators
• Students
• Parents

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Training programme

• leading vision
• democracy and young children
• training for educators
• training of trainer course

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Training themes

• young childrens construction of togetherness
• young childrens conflictsolving in peergroups
• educators roles in coping with childrens
  conflicts
• educators effective interventions in childrens
  conflicts

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Training approach

• Observation of children
• Reflection on and analysis of the educators
  competencies
• Exercising in effective skills
• Mediating approach the three Rs
• Actions plans at individual, team and
  institution level

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Conflicts functions and types

• Clashes over things
• The stay-away-from-me feeling
• The I-want-to-join-in-too hullabaloo
• Conflicts over ideas about play

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Conflicts functions and types Clashes over
things

• Learning social skills
• taking turns, no snatching,
• playing together
• Coping with rules
• - share your belongings
• - respect anothers possesion

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Conflicts functions and types The
stay-away-from-me feeling

• Learning social skills
• no intruding or touching
• Coping with rules
• -dont hurt one another
• -respect anothers physical domain
• -value physical intimacy

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Conflicts functions and types The
I-want-to-join-in hullabaloo

• Learning social skills
• focussing on the other childs perspective and
  joining in smoothly
• Coping with rules
• -respect anothers social domain
• -be generous and share with newcomers, younger
  children, etc

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Conflicts functions and types Conflicts over
ideas about play

• Learning social skills
• discussing and negotiating
• Coping with rule
• -respect anothers ideational domain

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Role of the professional

• Protector
• guarantees fysical and psycholgical safety
• Authority
• guarantees rules in the day-care group
• Mediator
• guarantees connections

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Mediation approach the 3 Rs
R1 Recognition R2 Resolution R3 Reconciliation
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Mediation approach the 3 Rs R1 Recognition

• Stage insight
• recognition the logic-in-action of the children
• Observing
• Soothing
• Asking questions checking
• Verbalizing feelings
• Mentioning the other childs perspective

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Mediation approach the 3 Rs R2 Resolution

• Stage of good ideas
• using strategies to resolve the problem
• asking and suggesting the children what to do
• proposing an alternative or compromis
• suggesting the children to express their needs
• reminding the children on shared moral rules

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Mediation approach the 3 Rs R3 Reconciliation

• Stage of restored relations
• assuring that children reconcile and restore the
  relationship
• asking the children for a plan
• giving advice
• complimenting the children
• referring to togetherness and friendship

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Training experiences MUTANT training target
groups

• Child Care providers - 20 60 child care centres
  
• Preschool managers
• Resource support centres in child care and in
  preschool education
• Colleges initial training

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Training experiences Training courses

• Induction workshops
• Inservice training
• Training for trainers

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Training experiences

• Educators learning results
• Observing children and childrens needs
• Reflecting ones own interventions
• Less intervening
• Addressing equally all involved children
• Reconstructing the environment

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