ERIC ED297883: A Comparison of Helping, Sharing pdf

ERIC ED297883: A Comparison of Helping, Sharing

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In a study designed to determine whether experience in day care or preschool affects children’s knowledge and enactment of prosocial behaviors, 59 children in day care, preschool, and home care were pre- and post-tested concerning: (1) their understanding of helping, sharing, comforting, honesty, and civic awareness; (2) their definitions of helping, sharing, comforting, and honest behaviors; and (3) their judgment of what their behavior would be in helping, sharing, comforting, or honesty dilemmas. Scores did not differ between groups for any dependent variable other than civic awareness. Preschool children scored higher than day care or home care children on civic awareness. Civic awareness scores were divided into awareness of national symbols, government figures, historical figures, religious figures, and Star Wars and cartoon characters. Preschool children scored higher on awareness in all categories except Star Wars and cartoon characters, for which the three groups did not differ. Data indicated that: (1) participation in a high quality child program expands a child’s awareness of the world; (2) knowledge of cartoon and film figures appears to be part of the culture of childhood and is held by most children; (3) alternative and supplemental childrearing experiences do not necessarily affect children’s

prosocial values and notions of honesty. (RH

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 1987
• Year: 1987
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Cultural Awareness, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Family Environment, Honesty, Moral Values, Outcomes of Education, Preschool Children, Problem Solving, Prosocial Behavior

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