EJ538100 PS525988
Title: Teachers' Interactions with Children: Why Are They So Important?
Research in Review.Author(s): Kontos, Susan; Wilcox-Herzog, Amanda
Source: Young Children, v52 n2 p4-12 Jan 1997
Publication Date: 1997
ISSN: 0044-0728
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUN1997
Reviews research
demonstrating a positive relationship between children's quality
interactions with teachers and their enhanced cognitive, socio-emotional,
and language development. Discusses most frequently studied aspects
of teacher behavior including roles, sensitivity/detachment, involvement
and teacher talk. Describes influences on interactions including
child characteristics, training, ratio, group size and curriculum.
Summarizes implications for teachers, and lists recommended adult-child
ratios. (AMC)
Descriptors: *Caregiver Child Relationship; Child Caregivers; Childhood
Attitudes; *Childhood Needs; Early Childhood Education; Interpersonal
Competence; *Interpersonal Relationship; Student Characteristics;
Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Influence; Teacher
Response; Teacher Role; *Teacher Student Ratio; *Teacher Student
Relationship; Young Children
Identifiers: *Child Care Needs; Relationship Enhancement; *Relationship
Quality
