"You Don't Need to Be Mean. We're Friends, Right?": Young Korean-American Children's Conflicts and References to Friendship

Autor/in	Kim, Jinhee
Titel	"You Don't Need to Be Mean. We're Friends, Right?": Young Korean-American Children's Conflicts and References to Friendship
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Childhood Research, 12 (2014) 3, S.279-293 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-718X
DOI	10.1177/1476718X14538591
Schlagwörter	Korean Americans; Heritage Education; Native Language; Participant Observation; Preschool Teachers; Interviews; Asian Culture; Conflict; Friendship; Mothers; Grandparents; Preschool Children; Peer Relationship; Collectivism; Semi Structured Interviews + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Konflikt; Freundschaft; Mother; Mutter; Großeltern; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Peer-Beziehungen
Abstract	In the eyes of adults, conflicts between children are often treated as problematic social interactions that should be prevented. This study describes how young Korean-American children's conflict negotiation was a central part of their peer culture at a Korean heritage language school in the United States. Eleven young Korean-American children attending a Korean heritage language school, their guardians (mothers and grandmothers), two pre-kindergarten classroom teachers, and two school staff members at a Korean heritage language school were recruited as participants. Data were collected through participant observation, formal and informal interviews, and artifact collection during an academic year. The analysis showed that the heritage language school highly valued the traditional Korean culture in many different ways, and that the ways in which the young Korean-American children negotiated conflicts reflected the ideal of group harmony that is highly valued in the Korean cultural community. This study concludes with implications for early childhood educators working with young children from different cultural backgrounds. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10