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Direct linkDespina Kalessopoulou; Tryfeni Sidiropoulou; Eleni Sotiropoulou; Foteini Psatha – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2024
This article aims to provide insights of social justice awareness in young children's pretend play (2-6 years old) involving shopping activities in the nursery and the children's museum. Previous literature acknowledges the importance of grocery exhibits and relevant learning centres in the cognitive and socio-cultural development of children, but…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Early Childhood Education, Imagination, Fantasy
Giménez-Dasí, Marta; Pons, Francisco; Bender, Patrick K. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
The phenomenon of imaginary companions (ICs) has received little attention in developmental psychology, even though it can be observed in approximately 25% of preschool-aged children. Only a few studies have investigated the effect of ICs on children's theory of mind and emotion understanding, and the results are partial or inconsistent. This…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Emotional Response, Cognitive Ability, Gender Differences
Bodrova, Elena – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
The article focuses on the Vygotskian approach to high quality early childhood education in light of the challenges facing early childhood educators in Russia and in the West. One of these challenges is the constant pressure to start teaching academic skills at a progressively younger age at the expense of traditional early childhood activities.…
Descriptors: Play, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries
