Professional paper
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION IN CHILD- CENTERED EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
Ganimete Kulinxha
; Faculty of Education, University of Prishtina
Abstract
There is an ever-present need in every person to communicate with others. Interpersonal communication is dependent on different life experiences that affect the level of its development. Such experience is powerful and particularly predominant in early childhood through the planned and structured processes of teaching and learning. Structured teaching and learning currently offer a range of experiences depending on philosophy of education and the methodology used as the basis for work. A child-centered approach introduces educational experiences which differ from traditional programs. Therefore, the aim of this research was to investigate how a child-centered approach affects the development of interpersonal communication between teachers and children as well as among children in pre-school settings, in comparison with traditional educational programs. Once the results of systematic observation had been processed, they showed that a child-centered approach develops, enriches and increases the quality of interpersonal communication among children and between children and teachers.
Keywords
interpersonal communication; child-centered approach; early childhood
Hrčak ID:
81791
URI
Publication date:
7.12.2010.
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