PRE-SCHOOL FRIENDSHIP AND PLAY. POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITATIONS – A COMPARATIVE REPORT

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  • Paraskevi Foti Dr., Educational Coordinator in Third Region of Attika, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v0i0.3088

Keywords:

friendship, preschool age, peer group, game, cultural dimension

Abstract

The family is the first area of social relations crucial to the child's social learning, while the school for its part offers a complementary and supportive field of interactions. The aim is, among other things, to develop social skills that allow the child to adapt smoothly to the class group and to develop interpersonal relationships with those around him. But what about pre-school children? To what extent can they develop collaborative and interaction skills with their peers? Whether they can develop "friendships" at this age and what is the cultural dimension to these questions?

 

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  • Paraskevi Foti, Dr., Educational Coordinator in Third Region of Attika, Greece

    Paraskevi Foti is a Coordinator of the Primary and Secondary Education at the 3rd Region of Attica (Greek Ministry of Education) and formerly Head of the 4th Kindergarten of Agia Varvara. She has studied piano and higher theory at the National Conservatory of Athens and has completed her master’s degree in Intercultural Education and Management of Diversity. She completed her second degree in Psychology at Ethnic Kai Kapodistrian University of Athens with a specialization in Psychology and at the same department she completed her doctoral dissertation with the title: "The contribution of ancient Greek language to art and language of Aesop and the added value of ICT Technology". Her first book, entitled "Otherness, Prejudice and Stereotypes in the School Class. Teacher Management Methods” (2016, Athens: Grigoris) was selected as a university textbook at Harokopeio University of Athens and has participated in a collective volume on Teaching Scripts through ICT. (2017, Athens: Grigoris). He has published in international and national conference proceedings as well as in scientific journals and has a keen interest in Information and Communication Technologies and their contribution to the teaching process while being an eTwinning and Moodle trainer in support of open source software. She is a Researcher Associator in the Early Childhood Department of Education and Care at the University of West Attica teaching the courses in "Children's Literature" and "Pedagogy of Image" and in the Interdisciplinary Program of Pedagogy through New Technologies.

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2020-05-31

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Vol 7, No 5 (2020)

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