2017 Volume 55 Issue 2 Pages 73-84
The purpose of this study is to examine teacher's high-quality approaches to children, through an experienced teacher's approaches to children in an insect-raising activity. Study 1 examined the content of the teacher's words during the activity through the observation of a teacher with expertise in insect-raising activities. Studies 2 and 3 examined differences in “knowledge of the butterfly”, “experience of touching insects,” “understanding of life,” and “advice to a friend who cannot touch a caterpillar” between 5-year-olds in an expert teacher's class and those in another class. These results demonstrated that the teacher's words about “emotional expression toward insects” and “treatment of insects” promoted children's interactions with insects and friends. And, the teacher's words regarding “insect knowledge” promoted acquisition of children's insect knowledge and interest in insects.
