Rules in the kindergarten classroom: an ethnography

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dc.contributor.authorPatet, Pradnyaen
dc.contributor.committeechairFu, Victoriaen
dc.contributor.committeememberStremmel, Andrew J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSawyers, Janet K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberNiles, Jerome A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLichtman, Marilyn V.en
dc.contributor.departmentFamily and Child Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:12:15Zen
dc.date.adate2008-06-06en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:12:15Zen
dc.date.issued1995en
dc.date.rdate2008-06-06en
dc.date.sdate2008-06-06en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this ethnographic venture was to explore the social interactions in a Kindergarten classroom with a focus on the rules in the classroom. Participant observations were conducted in a public school Kindergarten classroom for a period of three and a half months. Data were recorded through field notes, audiotape recordings and two semi-structured interviews with the classroom teacher. The presentation of discoveries along this journey includes a detailed description of a typical day in the classroom, a taxonomy of the classroom rules, and an elaboration of the process through which children understand the teacher created rules in the classroom. The importance of planning developmentally appropriate rules and affording children the opportunity to negotiate the meaning of the rules through dialogue has been stressed. These interpretations reinforce the importance of the constructivist approach to child development and learning. Implications for researchers and practitioners revolve around the redefinition of rules as tools for negotiation of individual differences among members of the classroom community.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentviii, 180 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06062008-152052en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-152052/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/38048en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1995.P384.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 34269188en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectclassroom rulesen
dc.subjectconstructivismen
dc.subjectchild developmenten
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1995.P384en
dc.titleRules in the kindergarten classroom: an ethnographyen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineFamily and Child Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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