Graduation Date

Summer 2018

Document Type

Thesis

Program

Master of Arts degree with a major in Education

Committee Chair Name

Eric Van Duzer

Committee Chair Affiliation

HSU Faculty or Staff

Second Committee Member Name

Hyun-Kyung You

Second Committee Member Affiliation

HSU Faculty or Staff

Keywords

Conflict, Early childhood, Belief

Subject Categories

Education

Abstract

The language in a child’s environment either supports or weakens the growth of conflict resolution skills. A study using the language sampled from three early childhood educators, (two in family childcare homes and one in a childcare center) found that those in family child care programs reported stronger beliefs that children can solve problems, teachers support the development of problem solving skills, and conflict can create opportunities for learning than was recorded in practice. This was determined with a frequency count of unilateral strategies employed during perceived conflict. The third participant in a childcare center demonstrated congruency between questionnaire-reported positive beliefs and recorded practice determined by a higher frequency count of bilateral strategies employed. The results suggest further investigation needs to be conducted evaluating the influence of program structure, education and training, and implementation of reflective practice on increasing the congruency between guidance beliefs and language used during perceived conflict.

Citation Style

APA

Share

 
COinS
 
 

To view the content in your browser, please download Adobe Reader or, alternately,
you may Download the file to your hard drive.

NOTE: The latest versions of Adobe Reader do not support viewing PDF files within Firefox on Mac OS and if you are using a modern (Intel) Mac, there is no official plugin for viewing PDF files within the browser window.