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Early Childhood Education and Care News
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September 7, 2021
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Welcome, this week we take a close look at mimamoru, a Japanese approach to conflict management in early education settings which supports children to resolve their own issues. Also, how educators can support greater tolerance of masks among children.
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The Japanese "hands-off" approach to conflict management
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When a tussle breaks out between children in child care an educator's usual practice is to immediately intervene to stop the conflict, and then mediate with children to resolve the issue.
In comparison, Japanese preschools have a "hands-off" approach, which creates more opportunities for children to nurture social and interpersonal skills on their own, according to a new study published in the Early Childhood Education Journal.
This approach is a pedagogical strategy known as mimamoru. It's a non-intervention practice that involves educators and adults in Japan intentionally letting children handle their own disagreements.
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Making masks more tolerable for children
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As adults, we're aware of the risks related to the Covid-19 virus, and what we need to do to reduce those risks for ourselves and for others, including wearing appropriate face masks when out in public.
But trying to encourage young children to wear a face mask can be an effort in futility that may result in power struggles, flat-out refusal and even temper tantrums.
So how can you as an educator help to convince the children in your care that masks are a normal and necessary part of life right now, and that we all need to wear them to stay safe?
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