A fallow-up study of peer relation for the most popular child: from kindergartener to grader.

• Main Authors: Wu I-Hsuan, 吳怡萱
• Other Authors: 林佩蓉 老師
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04644768059343033528

碩士 === 臺北市立教育大學 === 兒童發展研究所 === 94 === This report is a follow up study on one child star’s experiences with popularity while in kindergarten affected his transition into grade school. The study focuses on the child, Hao-Hao’s inter-personal relationship with the other children in class. The research utilized observations in behavior, discussion, and further collection of data to analyze Hao-Hao’s interactions with his old and new classmates. The study shows when Hao-Hao graduated from kindergarten and began grade school he had some changes in behavior, however, these changes were not dramatic. His personality changed allowing him to make friends with many students in class. Hao-Hao became the teacher’s little helper in class. By demonstrating a sense of maturity while performing well athletically, Hao-Hao easily became popular in class receiving the admiration of all those in class. During this acme he began slowly drifting away from old friends and creating new friendships. But during this time, Hao-Hao’s interactions with other children also became more aggressive both verbally and physically. Because of this, many children in class became polarized with their feelings toward Hao-Hao. Consequently this caused Hao-Hao to lose his new friends and ended up with his old friends. After the end of his first year in grade school, Hao-Hao’s relationship with both new and old friends all ended up how it was at the beginning of the year. Through research analysis, Hao-Hao’s transition from kindergarten to grade school had not caused any major changes in his behavior. He kept his personality which was favorable to all the classmates but this personality distanced himself with the classmates keeping him from developing deeper friendships. This resulted in Hao-Hao’s keenness, slight aggressiveness, and the desire to protect himself. The study also took into consideration the systematic changes from kindergarten to grade school. In grade school, the teachers and parents begin losing focus on the development of inter-personal skills of the child, causing a lapse in attention to the child’s action and development of healthy attitudes and actions towards classmates and friends. Hence, this lapse in attention creates an educational goal for including “Developing a Healthy Character” in the educational curriculum.