I have decided to research strategies for helping young children develop self-regulation. I have been a director and teacher of preschoolers for many years and I know there is a great need for effective plans to help children whose emotions overwhelm them and prevent them from developing healthy social interactions or from fully participating in classroom activities. I am curious to find out what early childhood professionals have found to be true about children with self-regulation issues and about techniques that have proven beneficial for these children.
The process of research is very new to me so I am using my glossary a lot! Creating the research chart really helped me focus and take apart what I was learning and put it into my own words. It took me quite a while to clarify my thoughts as to how I wanted to state my subtopic. However, doing the literature review helped me narrow my focus - my original thoughts were too broad. I searched the ERIC, ProQuest, and Education Research Complete databases for my literature review. So far, I found more articles pertaining to my topic in Education Research Complete. What about others? Has anyone looked outside the Walden Library? The website I found for our discussion http://www.ecrp.uiuc.edu/ looks like it would be very helpful. The editor is Lilian Katz. I didn't see any articles that I could use for my topic, but I am sure that site will be a credible, professional source of research information.
Suzanne,
ReplyDeleteThe topic you chose sounds interesting. I agree with you that self-regulation is an important part of a healthy development, since it would help children to think before just reacting to any situation. On the other hand, I consider that the teacher plays also an important role in helping children to develop their self-regulation.
I think the next resources have important aspects that could be related to self-regulation:
Katz, L. (1993). Dispositions: Definitions and implications for early childhood practice. Retrieved from http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/books/disposit.html
Rudasill, K., & Rimm-Kaufmann, S. (2008). Teacher-child relationship quality: The roles of child's temperament and teacher-child interactions. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 24(2), 107-120.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the ProQuest Central database.
Good luck Suzanne!