Developing Preschoolers' Social Skills through Cross-Cultural Physical Education Intervention

Autor/inn/en	Tsangaridou, Niki; Zachopoulou, Evridiki; Liukkonen, Jarmo; Gråstén, Arto; Kokkonen, Marja
Titel	Developing Preschoolers' Social Skills through Cross-Cultural Physical Education Intervention
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 184 (2014) 11, S.1550-1565 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2013.865616
Schlagwörter	Interpersonal Competence; Physical Education; Units of Study; Preschool Children; Parent Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Teachers; Program Descriptions; Skill Development; Social Behavior; Program Effectiveness; Factor Analysis; Teacher Attitudes; Cross Cultural Studies; Cyprus; Greece; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonale Kompetenz; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Lerneinheit; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Elternverhalten; Ausland; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Faktorenanalyse; Lehrerverhalten; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Zypern; Griechenland; Italien
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in children's social skills after their participation in a physical education programme named ESPEC ("Early Steps" Physical Education Curriculum). The evaluators of the children's social skills were the trained educators who implemented the curriculum as well as parents of the participating children. This study was conducted in three European countries and was part of a European transnational project. The participants were 286 preschoolers from Cyprus, Greece and Italy. Twelve educators and 286 parents completed the "Social Behaviour Instrument" (SBI) before and after the implementation of the ESPEC. This four months' physical education curriculum was designed for preschool-aged children and it included 24 lesson units. The results showed an improvement in children's social skills after ESPEC implementation in all three countries. It can be concluded that the implementation of physical education activities for preschool-aged children can be a way to improve preschoolers' social skills. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10