Joint Attention Sequences

[anyway375]

Recently, some Australian researchers decided to measure these shared learning experiences - known as "joint attention sequences" - for babies in child care. At the Australian Institute of Family Studies conference on February 12, one of these researchers, Berenice Nyland at RMIT, will spell out her findings for these infants.

The results make chilling reading. Joint attention experiences barely exists in many infant child-care centres. In more than 30 hours of tape Nyland collected from 18 months of infant-carer interactions for two infants in different centres, she rarely found these desired social interactions. Sure the babies were fed, their nappies changed, their basic needs met. But as for the critical joint attention sequences - "there were hardly any", Nyland reports.

[Cat Herder]

Not surprising results.

It feels just as chilling from the providers perspective as well. We also know it is not possible to provide the same love and care as a childs Mother, one to one, but try as much as we can. Most rarely have less than 5 kids to care for at any given time.

Now, first you say "Child Care" then "Centres", those mean very different things. Do you mind clarifying?

Second, this only followed two infants? No offense, but isn't that too small of a sampling to come up with any real conclusion?

Can you provide a link to supporting documentation so we can read it? I would love to.... lovethis

[SunshineMama]

Recently, some Australian researchers decided to measure these shared learning experiences - known as "joint attention sequences" - for babies in child care. At the Australian Institute of Family Studies conference on February 12, one of these researchers, Berenice Nyland at RMIT, will spell out her findings for these infants.

The results make chilling reading. Joint attention experiences barely exists in many infant child-care centres. In more than 30 hours of tape Nyland collected from 18 months of infant-carer interactions for two infants in different centres, she rarely found these desired social interactions. Sure the babies were fed, their nappies changed, their basic needs met. But as for the critical joint attention sequences - "there were hardly any", Nyland reports.

Do you have a link to the study? I would love to read it!

[Blackcat31]

Do you have a link to the study? I would love to read it!

According to these links the research isn't new. The OP copied and pasted the 3rd and 4th paragraphs from the article in the first link, however after reading the information I have found, "recently" means 2003

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/04/1044318606737.html

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/04/1044318605276.html

Here is a slide presentation of Berenice Nyland's findings

http://easyprague.cz/presentations/nyland.pdf

OP~ If you are going to copy/paste information from the internet, you should always post links or give credit to the original author. Otherwise, it is considered plagerism.

[SunshineMama]

According to these links the research isn't new. The OP copied and pasted the 3rd and 4th paragraphs from the article in the first link, however after reading the information I have found, "recently" means 2003

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/04/1044318606737.html

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/04/1044318605276.html

Here is a slide presentation of Berenice Nyland's findings

http://easyprague.cz/presentations/nyland.pdf

OP~ If you are going to copy/paste information from the internet, you should always post links or give credit to the original author. Otherwise, it is considered plagerism.

Thanks for the info! I cant wait to check it out

[heather]

oh, this was very interesting! I've been saying that it's very important to me in my DC that the number of children is small enough that I can give them all individual attention... this really helps explain what I already instinctively knew! Thanx, I am going to use this source in writing my concept. (for my childminder course)