Tactile Behaviour of Greek Preschool Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Stamatis, Panagiotis J.; Kontakos, Anastasios Th.
Titel	Tactile Behaviour of Greek Preschool Teachers
Quelle	In: Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 6 (2008) 1, S.185-200 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1696-2095
Schlagwörter	Nonverbal Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Preschool Teachers; Communication Skills; Foreign Countries; Tactual Perception; Environmental Influences; Teacher Student Relationship; Preschool Children; Questionnaires; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Kommunikationsstil; Ausland; Taktile Wahrnehmung; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Fragebogen; Griechenland
Abstract	Introduction: The sense of touching is positively related to a number of environmental stimuli and forms an effective way of non verbal communication. More specifically, it can produce and transmit various personal experiences in the context of what we call "beneficial touching behaviours", which characterise the ongoing pedagogical process. The investigation of touching behaviour of preschool teachers, namely of their perceptions and their practical applications in the context of preschool classrooms, can generate numerous and pedagogically useful conclusions which elicit the main aspects between perceptions and proceedings as well as the constructive contribution of touching behaviour in the child's developmental communication process. Method: Gathering data by a questionnaire which focused on preschool teacher's perceptions about pedagogical dimensions of touch is the main technique of the present research in parallel with classroom observation and video-analysis. Results: The descriptive statistics provide interesting elements in a quantitative level previously about the characteristics of children and preschool teacher's touching behavior and secondly about the reasons of between them interactions. Conclusion: In spite of preschool teacher's strong beliefs that touch improves interpersonal communication skills and contributes to creation of a strong relationship between children and teachers, they unconsciously seem to avoid touch or to be touched by children. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Almeria, Education & Psychology I+D+i. Faculty of Psychology Department of Educational and Developmental Psychology, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120 LaCanada de San Urbano, Almeria, Spain. Tel: +34-950-015354; Fax: +34-950-015083; Web site: http://www.investigacion-psicopedagogica.org/revista/new/english/index.php
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Update	2017/4/10