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Preschool Teachers’ Beliefs as Context for Children’s Emotional Development

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This article explores preschool teachers’ beliefs about children’s emotional development and about their role in children’s emotional development. This study explored how these beliefs form a context for children’s emotional development in early schooling. The research is framed by cultural psychology. The methodology is field-based. We selected three preschool teachers in three different preschools in the American Midwest: one public preschool classroom and two private day-care centers. We conducted classroom observations and interviews with the teachers and others over a nine-month period. We found that the preschool teachers acknowledge children’s emotional competence as important for readiness for kindergarten. Teachers, however, paid little attention to developing a curriculum and practices that support children’s emotional development. Emotional competence was most often defined narrowly, mainly as mastering a narrow range of skill templates aimed at controlling emotions. We found that the children were expected to learn to control their emotions from an early, actually a too early, age. Suggestions for developing better educational practices for children’s optimal development of their emotions are offered.

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This article explores preschool teachers’ beliefs about children’s emotional development and about their role in children’s emotional development. This study explored how these beliefs form a context for children’s emotional development in early schooling. The research is framed by cultural psychology. The methodology is field-based. We selected three preschool teachers in three different preschools in the American Midwest: one public preschool classroom and two private day-care centers. We conducted classroom observations and interviews with the teachers and others over a nine-month period. We found that the preschool teachers acknowledge children’s emotional competence as important for readiness for kindergarten. Teachers, however, paid little attention to developing a curriculum and practices that support children’s emotional development. Emotional competence was most often defined narrowly, mainly as mastering a narrow range of skill templates aimed at controlling emotions. We found that the children were expected to learn to control their emotions from an early, actually a too early, age. Suggestions for developing better educational practices for children’s optimal development of their emotions are offered.

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