An investigation of young children’s perceptions of teasing within peer relationships

The paper analyzed children’s perceptions of teasing within their real world peer relationships through participants’ drawings and accompanying narratives. The case study research was approached from an ethic of listening to children to discover and uncover children’s perceptions and experiences...

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Main Authors: Debra Harwood, Sandra Bosacki, Kristina Borcsok
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kura Publishing 2010-03-01
Series:International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
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Online Access:https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/250
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description The paper analyzed children’s perceptions of teasing within their real world peer relationships through participants’ drawings and accompanying narratives. The case study research was approached from an ethic of listening to children to discover and uncover children’s perceptions and experiences with the phenomenon of peer teasing. Fifteen children from kindergarten to grade 2 participated in drawing and narrating their complex understandings of the multi-faceted aspects of peer teasing. The participants attended two 30-40 minute sessions of conversational interviews with the first session also involving drawing and narrating personal stories of teasing. The results of the study indicate the significance of teasing within the young peer relationship as well as several distinct perceptions and insights. Ultimately, these insights may help teachers to broaden curricular approaches within the school culture and enhance current theoretical conceptualizations of peer teasing.
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spelling doaj.art-cb9cf89f0d764b8e8ed09d1528e384c12023-02-15T16:21:27ZengKura PublishingInternational Electronic Journal of Elementary Education1307-92981307-92982010-03-0122237260An investigation of young children’s perceptions of teasing within peer relationshipsDebra Harwood0Sandra Bosacki1Kristina Borcsok2Brock UniversityBrock UniversityBrock UniversityThe paper analyzed children’s perceptions of teasing within their real world peer relationships through participants’ drawings and accompanying narratives. The case study research was approached from an ethic of listening to children to discover and uncover children’s perceptions and experiences with the phenomenon of peer teasing. Fifteen children from kindergarten to grade 2 participated in drawing and narrating their complex understandings of the multi-faceted aspects of peer teasing. The participants attended two 30-40 minute sessions of conversational interviews with the first session also involving drawing and narrating personal stories of teasing. The results of the study indicate the significance of teasing within the young peer relationship as well as several distinct perceptions and insights. Ultimately, these insights may help teachers to broaden curricular approaches within the school culture and enhance current theoretical conceptualizations of peer teasing.https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/250Teasingearly childhoodsocial-emotional developmentvisual methodology
spellingShingle Debra Harwood
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Kristina Borcsok
An investigation of young children’s perceptions of teasing within peer relationships
International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
Teasing
early childhood
social-emotional development
visual methodology
title An investigation of young children’s perceptions of teasing within peer relationships
title_full An investigation of young children’s perceptions of teasing within peer relationships
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title_short An investigation of young children’s perceptions of teasing within peer relationships
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topic Teasing
early childhood
social-emotional development
visual methodology
url https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/250
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