Drawing sadness : what are young children telling us?

dc.contributor.authorSteyn, Miemsie G.
dc.contributor.authorMoen, Melanie Carmen
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-06T08:56:02Z
dc.date.available2021-05-06T08:56:02Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThis article reports on the emotional factors that contribute to children’s sadness. As teachers are the most appropriate caregivers to detect problems and to address the impact of these challenges, 30 teachers asked 224 children (N=224) to draw and describe their experiences of sadness. From these drawings, two distinctive themes emerged, namely violence mostly relating to bullying, and experiences of loss. This article provides empirically derived insights which are important in the understanding of young children’s emotional and social needs within the broader society and have implications for teacher training curricula at higher education institutions. Student teachers need to be made aware of the factors that impact on the child’s emotional well-being. Teachers should also be equipped to support and deal with these adversities in a school situation. Future research studies relating to children’s experiences of violence and loss should be conducted in more diverse contexts where ethnicity and socio-economic backgrounds should be considered.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentEarly Childhood Educationen_ZA
dc.description.librarianhj2021en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/gecd20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSteyn, M.G. & Moen, M.C. 2019, 'Drawing sadness: what are young children telling us?', Early Child Development and Care, vol. 189, no. 1, pp. 79-93.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0300-4430 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1476-8275 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/03004430.2017.1301936
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/79800
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights© 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an electronic version of an article published in Early Child Development and Care, vol. 189, no. 1, pp. 79-93, 2019. doi : 10.1080/03004430.2017.1301936. Early Child Development and Care is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/gecd20.en_ZA
dc.subjectChildren’s experiencesen_ZA
dc.subjectViolenceen_ZA
dc.subjectBullyingen_ZA
dc.subjectLossen_ZA
dc.subjectChildren’s drawingsen_ZA
dc.subjectTeachersen_ZA
dc.subject.otherEducation articles SDG-03
dc.subject.otherSDG-03: Good health and well-being
dc.subject.otherEducation articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.otherEducation articles SDG-05
dc.subject.otherSDG-05: Gender equality
dc.subject.otherEducation articles SDG-16
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.titleDrawing sadness : what are young children telling us?en_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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