Perceived Preschool Teacher Practices in Preventing Aggressive Behaviors and Promoting Prosocial Behaviors in Sri Lankan Preschool Children: Recommendations from a multi-method study
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Preschool teachers, Aggressive behaviors, Prosocial Behaviors, Sri LankaAbstract
Early violence prevention programs are a concept alien to policy makers of the early childhood care and education in Sri Lanka, even though Sri Lanka as a country experienced violence for almost three decades. This study explores the perceived preschool teacher practices of preventing/minimizing aggressive behaviors and promoting prosocial behaviors within Sri Lankan preschool teachers using a survey (n = 275) and a semi structured interviews (n = 23). The results conveyed that Sri Lankan preschool teacher recognize such practices as a necessity and seemed to be practicing a wide spectrum of behaviors. These could be categorized on several dimensions: telling/teaching vs. doing activities, individual focused vs. group/social, authoritative/instructive vs. democratic/child initiated good practices vs. bad practices. Practices could also be categorized into religious activities, activities with emphasis on silence, praise, techniques to prevent discrimination, techniques to divert attention, socially focused, direct conflict management, instructional emphasis, empowering the children, moral and teacher initiated action.
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