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Publication Date: 2024-Dec
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Keys to Responsive Feeding in Early Education: Systematic Observation of Pikler-Lóczy's Educators' Behaviour during Breakfast
International Journal of Early Childhood, v56 n3 p605-623 2024
The responsive feeding style has been researched to date using indirect techniques, mainly in family contexts. This style supports children's capacity for self-regulation, which is why the present study aims to directly and systematically observe the method in a school context, focusing specifically on the behaviour of two educators working at the Emmi Pikler Nursery School during breakfast time with two different groups. The observation instrument used was a field format created ad hoc that measures two basic dimensions in said behaviour: instrumental and relational. A total of 25 sessions were recorded and a lag sequential analysis was performed to detect behavioural patterns during the care activity. The results reveal a common pattern shared by both educators in both dimensions (instrumental and relational) that includes key elements of group-based responsive feeding.
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Eating Habits, Teacher Behavior, Personal Autonomy, Child Development, Environmental Influences, Caregiver Child Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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