Pinchover Shulamit
The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Front Psychol. 2017 Dec 19;8:2214. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02214. eCollection 2017.
Young children spend considerable time in educational settings, in which traditionally, their primary occupation is play. A playful preschool environment has been related to better cognitive, social and emotional development. Although it is assumed that teachers' playful behaviors are important in creating a playful school environment, empirical knowledge on this subject is lacking. The current study pilot examines the relation between teachers' and children's playfulness. Thirty-one teacher-child dyads participated. The teachers were asked to complete the Adult Playfulness Scale (APS). Thirty-minute videotapes of teacher-child play interactions were used to evaluate the child's playfulness using the Test of Playfulness. A positive relation was found between two of the APS subscales (spontaneity and silliness) and child playfulness. Teacher silliness mediated the relation between children's age and playfulness. This study is the first to show that teachers' playfulness aspects are related to higher playfulness in children. Promoting teachers' playful behaviors can be related to better teacher-child playful interactions, thereby enhancing children's playfulness.
幼儿在教育环境中度过大量时间,在传统观念里,他们的主要活动是玩耍。一个充满趣味的学前教育环境与更好的认知、社交和情感发展相关。尽管人们认为教师的趣味性行为对于营造一个充满趣味的学校环境很重要,但关于这一主题的实证知识却很匮乏。当前的这项研究初步探讨了教师与儿童趣味性之间的关系。31对师生参与了研究。教师们被要求完成成人趣味性量表(APS)。使用趣味性测试对师生玩耍互动的30分钟录像进行分析,以评估儿童的趣味性。研究发现,APS量表的两个子量表(自发性和傻气)与儿童的趣味性之间存在正相关关系。教师的傻气在儿童年龄与趣味性之间的关系中起中介作用。这项研究首次表明,教师的趣味性方面与儿童更高的趣味性相关。促进教师的趣味性行为可能会带来更好的师生趣味性互动,从而提高儿童的趣味性。