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Convergence among Imagination, Social-Emotional Learning and Media Literacy: An Integrative Literature Review
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Tsortanidou, Xanthippi; Daradoumis, Thanasis; Barberá-Gregori, Elena – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
An integrative literature review was conducted according to Coopers' guidelines in order to critique and integrate issues over the convergence among imaginative/Waldorf pedagogy, social-emotional learning and media literacy mindfulness in Primary and Secondary education. A comprehensive analysis of theoretical and empirical articles between 2005…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Media Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Imagination
A Psychoanalytic Framework for Interpreting Young Child Observations That Integrates Emotional and Cognitive Development
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Shaw, Janet – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The paper looks at the relevance of W.R. Bion's 'Theory of Thinking' to the interpretation of young child observations. Bion describes a process whereby emotional experience, when contained by a caregiver, gives rise to a capacity for symbol formation, which is at the root of imagination and language. The study consists of eight written hour-long…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Child Development, Preschool Children, Observation
Vygotsky's Contributions to Understandings of Emotional Development through Early Childhood Play
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Colliver, Yeshe; Veraksa, Nikolay – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
As societies become more aware of the importance of early socio-emotional skills for children's later success, teachers report that they are ill-equipped to support and enhance these skills within their 'traditional' teacher role. This paper turns to the contributions that Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky and his adherents have made to our…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Child Development, Emotional Development, Play
Imagine the Emotion: The Use of Mental Simulations in Supporting the Development of Emotional Skills of Preschool Children
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Jarczewska-Gerc, Ewa; Gorgolewska, Anna – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
Emotional intelligence plays a great role in human adaptation to social environments. The individual level of emotional skills depends on one's genes, family environment, and socialisation, as well as personal experience and education. The purpose of the present study was to examine the educational influence of mental simulation in developing the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Self Control, Emotional Development, Simulation
Imaginary Companions: Considerations for the Health Professional.
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Schilling, Lynne S. – Early Child Development and Care, 1985
A small but significant proportion of preschoolers have imaginary companions who serve many different developmental functions. Prevalence and related demographic and environmental factors surrounding the phenomenon of imaginary companions and implications for health care professionals are discussed. (Author/DST)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Developmental Stages, Emotional Development
Children's and Adults' Responses to Fairy Tales.
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Strayer, Janet – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Investigated North American children's and adults' familiarity with, and liking for, fairy tales. Results support the hypotheses that children's liking for fairy tales relates significantly to their involvement in imagining activities and that more general imagining involvements are likely to be associated with, or to mediate differences in, the…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Emotional Development