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Developing social competence |
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Supporting Social competence in young children
Key emotional literacy skills are being able to identify feelings in self and others and being able to act upon feelings in appropriate ways. Positive adult child relationships are the key to young children's social, emotional and behavioural development.
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Assessing young children's social competence
Young children's current and long-term social-emotional development, as well as cognitive and academic development, are affected by the child's interactions with peers and adults.
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Developing young children's social skills
A review of current thinking about young children's peer relationships with ideas and practices that teachers and parents can use to support young children's social development.
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Scaffolding to support social competence
Vgotsky said, what the child can do in cooperation today, he can do alone tomorrow. Therefore, the only good kind of instruction…must be aimed not so much at the ripe as at the ripening function.
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