Social competence at the playground: Preschoolers during recess

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Autor(a) principal: Veiga, Guida
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: de Leng, Wendy, Cachucho, Ricardo, Ketelaar, Lizet, Kok, Joost N., Knobbe, Arno, Neto, Carlos, Rieffe, Carolien
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/19302
https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.1957
Resumo: Social interactions at the playground have been represented as a rich learning opportunity to hone and master social skills at pre- school years. Specifically, all forms of social play (fantasy, role, ex- ercise or rough-and-tumble) have been related to children’s social competence. The main goal of this study was to examine whether it is a certain kind of social play which facilitates the development of social competence, or if it is just the opportunity for interacting during recess that provides children with an optimal environment for social learning. A total of 73 preschoolers (4–6 years old) were videotaped at the school’s playground. Teachers provided assess- ments of children’s social competence. Children’s interactions at the playground were assessed through an innovative measuring method, based on radio-frequency identification devices. The results showed a positive association between exercise play and children’s social competence. In contrast with the literature, both forms of pretend play, fantasy and role play were unrelated to children’s social competence. Smaller peer groups and longer interactions also demonstrated a positive association with these preschoolers’ social competence. The study shows the importance of outdoor physical play for preschoolers’ social success. More- over, the study suggests that the environment in which children play has an important effect on the adaptive nature of their play.
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spelling Social competence at the playground: Preschoolers during recessfree playpeer interactionspreschoolobservationradio frequency identificationSocial interactions at the playground have been represented as a rich learning opportunity to hone and master social skills at pre- school years. Specifically, all forms of social play (fantasy, role, ex- ercise or rough-and-tumble) have been related to children’s social competence. The main goal of this study was to examine whether it is a certain kind of social play which facilitates the development of social competence, or if it is just the opportunity for interacting during recess that provides children with an optimal environment for social learning. A total of 73 preschoolers (4–6 years old) were videotaped at the school’s playground. Teachers provided assess- ments of children’s social competence. Children’s interactions at the playground were assessed through an innovative measuring method, based on radio-frequency identification devices. The results showed a positive association between exercise play and children’s social competence. In contrast with the literature, both forms of pretend play, fantasy and role play were unrelated to children’s social competence. Smaller peer groups and longer interactions also demonstrated a positive association with these preschoolers’ social competence. The study shows the importance of outdoor physical play for preschoolers’ social success. More- over, the study suggests that the environment in which children play has an important effect on the adaptive nature of their play.Infant and Child Development2016-12-14T17:09:03Z2016-12-142016-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10174/19302http://hdl.handle.net/10174/19302https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.1957engVeiga, G., de Leng, W., Cachucho, R., Ketelaar, L., Kok, J. N., Knobbe, A., Neto, C., & Rieffe, C. (2016). Social competence at the playground: Preschoolers during recess. Infant and Child Development. doi: 10.1002/icd.1957gveiga@uevora.ptndndndndndndnd679Veiga, Guidade Leng, WendyCachucho, RicardoKetelaar, LizetKok, Joost N.Knobbe, ArnoNeto, CarlosRieffe, Carolieninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-03T19:06:11Zoai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/19302Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T01:10:09.647785Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Social competence at the playground: Preschoolers during recess
title Social competence at the playground: Preschoolers during recess
spellingShingle Social competence at the playground: Preschoolers during recess
Veiga, Guida
free play
peer interactions
preschool
observation
radio frequency identification
title_short Social competence at the playground: Preschoolers during recess
title_full Social competence at the playground: Preschoolers during recess
title_fullStr Social competence at the playground: Preschoolers during recess
title_full_unstemmed Social competence at the playground: Preschoolers during recess
title_sort Social competence at the playground: Preschoolers during recess
author Veiga, Guida
author_facet Veiga, Guida
de Leng, Wendy
Cachucho, Ricardo
Ketelaar, Lizet
Kok, Joost N.
Knobbe, Arno
Neto, Carlos
Rieffe, Carolien
author_role author
author2 de Leng, Wendy
Cachucho, Ricardo
Ketelaar, Lizet
Kok, Joost N.
Knobbe, Arno
Neto, Carlos
Rieffe, Carolien
author2_role author
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author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Veiga, Guida
de Leng, Wendy
Cachucho, Ricardo
Ketelaar, Lizet
Kok, Joost N.
Knobbe, Arno
Neto, Carlos
Rieffe, Carolien
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv free play
peer interactions
preschool
observation
radio frequency identification
topic free play
peer interactions
preschool
observation
radio frequency identification
description Social interactions at the playground have been represented as a rich learning opportunity to hone and master social skills at pre- school years. Specifically, all forms of social play (fantasy, role, ex- ercise or rough-and-tumble) have been related to children’s social competence. The main goal of this study was to examine whether it is a certain kind of social play which facilitates the development of social competence, or if it is just the opportunity for interacting during recess that provides children with an optimal environment for social learning. A total of 73 preschoolers (4–6 years old) were videotaped at the school’s playground. Teachers provided assess- ments of children’s social competence. Children’s interactions at the playground were assessed through an innovative measuring method, based on radio-frequency identification devices. The results showed a positive association between exercise play and children’s social competence. In contrast with the literature, both forms of pretend play, fantasy and role play were unrelated to children’s social competence. Smaller peer groups and longer interactions also demonstrated a positive association with these preschoolers’ social competence. The study shows the importance of outdoor physical play for preschoolers’ social success. More- over, the study suggests that the environment in which children play has an important effect on the adaptive nature of their play.
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