Construction of a Scale for Investigating Pre-School Children’s Social Situations of Development

Focusing on Activities instead of Abilities

Bibliographic Data

ID12944487
AuthorsMariane Hedegaard (corresponding author), Naússunguaq Lyberth (Greenland Government)
Year2020
Volume16
Issue2
Pages25-32
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCultural-Historical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1816-5435 • E-ISSN: 2224-8935
PublisherMoscow State University of Psychology and Education (PUBLISHER • RU)
DOI10.17759/chp.2020160204
OpenAlexW3038755766
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

This paper discuss principles for the design of a tool to screen 3- and 5-year-old children’s social situation of development in Greenland. We describe this tool as radical-local, building it on a theory of child development that focuses on children ́s activities as cultural, anchored in local conditions and traditions, where play is seen as the core activity for preschool children. In constructing Investigating children’s situation of development (Undersøgelse af børns udviklingssituation — UBUS 3 and UBUS 5) we have aimed at creating an instrument that can be used to evaluate children’s health, wellbeing and activities in their everyday settings of day-care and at home in Greenland. The assessment focus on interaction with care-persons and other children, not on children’s abilities as isolated and independent features. For preschool children these conditions and their participation in these conditions create the child’s social situation of development

Child development · Developmental psychology · Geography · Scale (ratio · Child Development and Digital Technology · Children's Rights and Participation · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology

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