Children's Risk-Taking Behaviour: Implications for Early Childhood Policy and Practice

Autor/in	Little, Helen
Titel	Children's Risk-Taking Behaviour: Implications for Early Childhood Policy and Practice
Quelle	In: International Journal of Early Years Education, 14 (2006) 2, S.141-154 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0966-9760
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; At Risk Persons; Child Behavior; Child Safety; Legislation; Physical Environment; Injuries; Literature Reviews; Foreign Countries; Early Childhood Education; Accident Prevention; Health Promotion; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Risikogruppe; Gesetzgebungslehre; Natürliche Umwelt; Ausland; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Accident statistics; Unfall; Statistik; Unfallstatistik; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Australien
Abstract	The safety of children as they learn and develop is of prime concern for parents, teachers and legislators alike. Legislation governing the provision of early childhood services provides guidelines and procedures for reducing the likelihood of children being exposed to injuries and unsafe environments. Such strategies, however, only take account of aspects of the physical environment that can be manipulated to ensure the safety of children and do not consider those aspects of the individual child's behaviour that may contribute to unintentional injury. One such factor is children's risk-taking behaviour. The paper presents a critical review of current risk-taking literature. Components of risk taking, including sensation seeking and optimism bias, and contributory factors such as gender, temperament, and parent socialization practices are examined in light of the current legislative and accountability documents relating to the provision of early childhood services in the Australian state of New South Wales. The aim is to explore the role that these factors play in reducing children's exposure to risk and to identify directions for future research. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10