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Giftedness and Infancy/Toddlerhood: A Foucauldian Analysis of Discursive Constructions
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Delaune, Andrea – Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 2023
This conceptual research study examines the discursive constructions of giftedness, infancy/toddlerhood, and economics/neoliberalism to consider their implications in gifted education. This analysis is undertaken from a Foucauldian perspective and draws from concepts such as power/knowledge, discourses, disciplines, and power relationships to…
Descriptors: Gifted, Infants, Toddlers, Gifted Education
Direct and Indirect Contributions of Child Difficult Temperament and Power Assertive Parental Discipline to Turkish Children's Behaviour Problems
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Acar, Ibrahim H.; Ahmetoglu, Emine; Özer, Irem Buselay; Yagli, Sevval Nur – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The purpose of the current study was to examine power assertive parental discipline and child difficult temperament as predictors of children's behaviour problems (internalizing, externalizing, and total behaviour problems) as well as mediating role of difficult temperament between power assertive parental discipline and children's behaviour…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Power Structure
Tensions with the Term 'Gifted': New Zealand Infant and Toddler Teachers' Perspectives on Giftedness
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Delaune, Andrea – Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 2018
There is much contention surrounding the term 'gifted' within Aotearoa New Zealand and international literature. Five teachers who were identified as exemplary teachers of gifted infants and toddlers by surveyed gifted and early childhood communities participated in this study. Whilst the majority of the community members used the term 'gifted'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gifted, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Cultural Contributors to Negative Emotionality: A Multilevel Analysis from the Joint Effort Toddler Temperament Consortium
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Desmarais, Eric E.; French, Brian F.; Ahmetoglu, Emine; Acar, Ibrahim; Gonzalez-Salinas, Carmen; Kozlova, Elena; Slobodskaya, Helena; Benga, Oana; Majdandžic, Mirjana; Beijers, Roseriet; de Weerth, Carolina; Huitron, Blanca; Lee, Eun Gyoung; Han, Sae-Young; Park, Seong-Yeon; Giusti, Lorenzo; Montirosso, Rosario; Tuovinen, Soile; Heinonen, Kati; Raikkonen, Katri; Wang, Zhengyan; Lecannelier, Felipe; Linhares, Maria Beatriz Martins; Casalin, Sara; Putnam, Samuel P.; Gartstein, Maria A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2021
This study advances the cross-cultural temperament literature by comparing temperament ratings of toddlers from 14 nations. Multilevel modeling (MLM) procedures were utilized to regress negative emotionality (NE) and component subscales on Hofstede's cultural value dimensions while controlling for age and gender. More individualistic values were…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Personality Traits, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Response
The Four Roles of a Master Toddler Teacher
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Uhlenberg, Jill – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: This case study of an experienced toddler teacher resulted in the identification of 4 roles that the teacher played in mediating a culture of respect and participation in the classroom. These 4 roles contrast the roles discussed in Leavitt's (1994) ethnographic study "Power and Emotion in Infant-Toddler Day Care." I…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Competencies, Case Studies
If -Then Contingencies in Children's Sibling Conflicts
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Perlman, Michal; Ross, Hildy S. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2005
Two-step (if -then) behavioral contingencies in the naturally occurring conflicts of 2- and 4-year-old siblings were identified and described. Children's crying, compliance, ignoring, opposition, power, and reasoning strategies were examined to determine how they were used immediately following opposition, power, and reasoning from siblings and…
Descriptors: Siblings, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Affective Behavior