The Study Of Influences Of The Cooperative Play On The Infants Of Top Class In The Kindergarten

Plays and games are the natural instincts of the infants as well as the basicactivities. Therefore, the preschool education is based on the play. The cognitivecharacteristics and life experience enable the infants to communicate with theircompanions and more abundant plays among them bring more cooperation. Thecooperative plays mentioned in this thesis are a kind of study with the guidance ofcooperative learning theory, which divide the infants into different groups withdifferent levels. Helping with each other and following the same goal, the groupsfulfill their tasks with cooperation and are assessed on the basis of the results. By wayof cooperation, the infants in the top classes can build up the contact with theirpartners and promote their understanding as well as the faith with each other so as toimprove the social and communicative abilities. Based on the research of predecessors,this thesis systematically discusses the influences that the cooperative plays have onthe infants in top classes.It can be divided into six parts in this thesis. After the preface, you will see the firstpart which shows the research situation of this question in the foreign countries and inChina, which means the integrated statement of documents. The second part expoundsthe theory basis of this question including the philosophical thinking of Dewey, therelevant theory of sociology, the structural psychology, the theory of social educationand the theory related to cooperative learning. In the third part, there are somedefinitions such as peer, peer relationship, and that of infants in the top classes,cooperation, cooperative study and also the cooperative plays of infants in the topclasses. The thesis not only analyses the characteristics of the peer relationship in thetop class and the factors that impact the peer relationship, but also probes into thecharacteristics of the infants' plays according to the relevant theory. The four part is thecore of the whole thesis, which explains the influences that the cooperative play has onthe infants in the top class in the following ways: the first one is "how can it influence",namely, how can the cooperative play based on the cooperative study theory influencethe peer relationship of the infants in the top class. This is analyzed from the aspects ofthe basic factors of cooperative study, such as positive interdependence, face-to-facepromotive interaction, individual and group accountability as well as inter-personal andsmall-group skill. The second one is how to influence. This is shown at first that theauthor uses sociometric measurement and gathers some data materials to makeprovisions for the analysis according to the cases. Then the thesis elaborates the waysthat the cooperative play influences the companionship of infants in the top class, whichinclude: (1) the direct way: to set examples;(2) indirect way: to influence theirperspective-taking ability. And, the indirect way realizes his influences through the roleplay and settling the conflict. The third one is its concrete influences. This is discussedin two ways and they are such as follows: (1) the specific impacts of the peerrelationship on the broad-minded infants;(2) the specific influences on the infants in thetop class who are less lacking in the communicative ability. In the fifth part, the authorsets four enlightenments acquired through the research and further explicates theconcrete strategies of promoting the active companionship by urging the infants tocooperate with each other, which include: (1) Taking many measures to provide an airof cooperation.;(2) guiding the infants how to communicate with others and approvingof their results;(3) improving the cooperative skills of the infant together with otherteachers: (4) cooperating with their parents to fulfill the better combination of the familyand the kindergarten. The ultimate six part is a conclusion which states again thesignificance of the cooperative play on keeping the active companionship and advocatesthe teachers to guide the cooperative play of infant in a right way.