'Perezhivanie' in Group Settings: A Cultural-Historical Reading of Emotion Regulation. Issue 3 (September 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fleer, Marilyn; Hammer, Marie
• Is Part Of: Australasian journal of early childhood. Volume 38:Issue 3(2013)
• Page Start: 127
• Page End: 134
• Publication Date: 2013-09
• Subjects: Early childhood education -- Periodicals; Child care services -- Periodicals; Early childhood education -- Australasia -- Periodicals; Child care services -- Australasia -- Periodicals; Child development -- Periodicals; Child care services; Child development; Early childhood education; Australasia; Periodicals; 372.21
• DOI: 10.1177/183693911303800316
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1836-9391

Abstract

THERE IS AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT of research on emotion regulation (e.g. Barblett & Maloney, 2010; Koole, 2010). Much of this work has centred on experimental studies rather than group settings such as childcare centres and kindergartens. In drawing upon cultural-historical concepts, this paper presents a theoretical discussion on how fairytales help children to collectively develop emotion regulation. We specifically explore emotions and cognition during the telling, re-telling, and role-playing of fairytales. It is argued that fairytales can act as a pedagogical framework for helping children become more conscious of emotions as they role play. Cultural-historical theory is used to give a new perspective on both fairytales and emotion regulation.