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Togetherness — A Manifestation of Day Care Life
Maritta Hännikäinensubject
Activities of daily livingSocial PsychologyDay care centreDay carePediatricsChild developmentObject (philosophy)language.human_languageDevelopmental psychologyDanishQuality of life (healthcare)Developmental and Educational PsychologylanguagePsychologyTheme (narrative)description
This article discusses togetherness in the day care centre. In what way and in which situations is togetherness expressed among children? “What is the impact of adults on the rise and development of togetherness?” Answers to these questions were sought by making use of observations carried out in a cooperative Nordic study of the quality of children's lives in Danish, Finnish and Swedish day care centres. The data were collected by observing five‐year‐old children during their daily activities in seven day care centres. Attention was paid to relations between the children and adults as well as to the objects — in the sense of contents and objectives of ongoing activities. What do individual children do and why do they do it? “What is the object of the educator and the whole group? In what ways do the children and the educators participate in joint activity?” In this article, only the objects of activities and the relations connected with the theme of togetherness are taken into consideration. The study de...
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-01-01 | Early Child Development and Care |