Teacher Child Contacts In Nursery Schools

Young children's play fantasies.

“…From the psychological point of view, three types of preschool activities of the young child can be distinguished: 1) free play, 2) teacher led constructive activities, and 3) authority-dominated routine and duty activities. It is known that the majority of teacher-child stimulations in nursery schools are related to the young child's adjustments to routines (42). Of the 5115 doll acts concerned with school life, 49% had dramatic background involving free play or constructive activities, such as art, block-play, music, playing house, etc., and 51% were concerned with routine or duty activities (rest, 23%; toilet and wash, 19%; eating and juice drinking, 9%).…”

The scope of offspring effects: From caregiver to culture.

“…Adult speech is affected even after the child has developed fairly complex communications skills, and this effect is by no means limited to the biological parents. Systematic observations of nursery school teachers' responses to their pupils indicated that more smiling and pantomime appeared in communications directed to the younger children (Landreth, Gardner, Eckhardt, & Prugh, 1943). A similar relation between age and nonverbal communication was found for maternal behavior by Leach (1972).…”

Personality Studies Conducted in Nursery Schools

“…Landreth, et al (18), in la-minute observations, found that in WPA nur sery schools there were fewer total teacher contacts than in university nursery schools (300 compared to 638) and more commands (48 compared to 18). Petting and fondling as well as deprivation and punishment were employed much more frequently in the WPA schools.…”