The puppet's communicative potential as a mediating tool in preschool education

Author(s): Forsberg Ahlcrona, Mirella
Date Issued: August, 2012
Description: An ethnographic account of ways a puppet can develop as a subject in interaction with children, the significance of using a puppet as a mediating tool in preschool, and the communicative processes developed between the teacher, the puppet, and the children, based on participant observation data from a preschool teacher working with 20 3- to 5-year-old children in an early childhood classroom in a large city in Sweden
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Journal Title: International Journal of Early Childhood
Volume Number: 44
Issue Number: 2
Page Range: 171-184
Topics: Child Care & Early Education Quality > Process Quality

International Child Care & Early Education > Single-Country Studies
Country: Sweden
ISSN: 0020-7187 Paper
1878-4658 Online
Peer Reviewed: yes
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