Confronting the Baby Blues: A Social Constructivist Reflects on Time Spent in a Behaviorist Infant Classroom

Autor/in	McMullen, Mary Benson
Titel	Confronting the Baby Blues: A Social Constructivist Reflects on Time Spent in a Behaviorist Infant Classroom
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Research & Practice, 12 (2010) 1, (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1524-5039
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Infants; Constructivism (Learning); Observation; Child Care; Selection; Criteria; Evidence; Infant Behavior; Crying; Behaviorism; Reflection; Cognitive Structures; Developmentally Appropriate Practices; Play; Training Objectives; Sociolinguistics; Beliefs; Perspective Taking; Tactual Perception; Attribution Theory; Caring; Social Development; Emotional Development; Best Practices; Conflict; Researchers; Responsibility; Advocacy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Beobachtung; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Auslese; Evidenz; Weinen; Behaviourism; Behaviorismus; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Entwicklungsbezogene Bildung; Spiel; Training objectiv; Ausbildungsziel; Trainingsziel; Soziolinguistik; Belief; Glaube; Zukunftsperspektive; Taktile Wahrnehmung; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Konflikt; Researcher; Forscher; Verantwortungsübernahme; Zuständigkeit; Sozialanwaltschaft
Abstract	This reflective essay describes the author's experiences as an observer in a behaviorist infant classroom. The author developed four categories of practice to describe what happened in the behaviorist infant room: (1) curricular focus on training typically developing infants to meet typical developmental milestones, (2) the use of highly structured play by staff as the means for meeting their training goals for the babies, (3) particular uses of language by staff in the behaviorist classroom, and (4) ways in which the staff's adherence to core beliefs in behaviorism led to a lack of recognition of infants' individual expressions of needs and wants. The article concludes with the author's reflections on researchers' ethical responsibilities when faced with an environment that they consider inappropriate and potentially harmful to children. (Contains 4 figures and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10