TY - JOUR
T1 - On the road to participatory pedagogy
T2 - a mixed-methods study of pedagogical interaction in Chinese kindergartens
AU - Huang, Runke
AU - Yang, Weipeng
AU - Li, Hui
PY - 2019/10
Y1 - 2019/10
N2 - This study investigated the pedagogical interactions between teachers and young children in six sampled Chinese kindergarten classrooms. Altogether 4320 turns of dialogue were coded from 27 videotaped pedagogical activities, and the 12 class teachers were surveyed and interviewed. The results revealed a unique Chinese pedagogical interaction that is a fusion of participatory and transmissive pedagogies: teachers directed the interactions with open-ended questions and whole-class dialogues, whereas children responded with short answers based on the learning content. This was reported by the teachers to be associated with the joint influence of related child, teacher, and cultural factors.
AB - This study investigated the pedagogical interactions between teachers and young children in six sampled Chinese kindergarten classrooms. Altogether 4320 turns of dialogue were coded from 27 videotaped pedagogical activities, and the 12 class teachers were surveyed and interviewed. The results revealed a unique Chinese pedagogical interaction that is a fusion of participatory and transmissive pedagogies: teachers directed the interactions with open-ended questions and whole-class dialogues, whereas children responded with short answers based on the learning content. This was reported by the teachers to be associated with the joint influence of related child, teacher, and cultural factors.
KW - participatory pedagogy
KW - constructivism
KW - instructivism
KW - pedagogical interaction
KW - Chinese early childhood education
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067502931&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tate.2019.06.009
DO - 10.1016/j.tate.2019.06.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067502931
SN - 0742-051X
VL - 85
SP - 81
EP - 91
JO - Teaching and Teacher Education
JF - Teaching and Teacher Education
ER -