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David Elkind: The Effects of Stress and Play on Children

David Elkind: The Effects of Stress and Play on Children. By: Meghan Bible and Jane Schuberg. Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1931 He received his B.A. from UCLA in 1952 and his Ph.D. from UCLA in 1955 He was first exposed to Jean Piaget when he

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David Elkind: The Effects of Stress and Play on Children

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  1. David Elkind:The Effects of Stress and Play on Children By: Meghan Bible and Jane Schuberg

  2. Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1931 He received his B.A. from UCLA in 1952 and his Ph.D. from UCLA in 1955 He was first exposed to Jean Piaget when he worked as a Research Assistant to David Rappaport at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, MA From 1964 to 1965, he worked at Piaget's Institut d'Epistemopologie Genetique in Geneva, Switzerland He is currently an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Child Development at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts Biography

  3. Elkind's research focuses on the cognitive and social development of children and adolescents. In his book, The Hurried Child, he researches the causes and effects of stress in children and adolescents. Elkind believes that there are many factors that contribute to a child's stress, including parents, school, and the media. Elkind's Theory of the Hurried Child

  4. Parents Earlier is Better • Organized Sports Academic Pressure • Reading

  5. School • Assembly-line Learning • The Japanese Example “A certain amount of stress and pressure are important and healthy for children to realize their full powers. It is only when the stresses and pressures become inappropriate and extraordinary, as they are in many of our schools today, that expectations and demands become hurrying and the stress unhealthy.” (The Hurried Child 75)

  6. Media • Television • Magazines and Books • Music

  7. Elkind believes that play is “nature's way of dealing with stress for children.” In today's society, children are no longer playing with toys that utilize imagination and creativity, or engaging in spontaneous pickup games in the neighborhood. Play is being obliterated by modern society, even though it aids the nourishment of a child’s cognitive, social, and emotional development. Elkind's Theory of Play

  8. Terms to Define • Hurried • Stress • Stressor • Play

  9. Major Premise: According to Elkind, children are maturing emotionally earlier than their natural developmental stage might dictate, resulting in needless suffering and stress. Based on this theory, how does a child’s emotional behavior relate to his/her amount of stress? Minor Premise: Does the child's play have an effect on the level of stress? Our Study

  10. Based on Elkind’s idea of the relationship between stress and emotion, it can be hypothesized that a child’s degree of stress will correspond with his/her emotions. Hypothesis

  11. Will the stressed child show aggressive behavior and/or be more descriptive in his/her responses to questions that deal with emotion? Will the unstressed child be calmer and exhibit appropriate coping mechanisms in his/her responses to questions that deal with emotion? Does the unstressed child play more than the stressed child? Critical Questions

  12. Survey Survey Name (first name only): ______________________________________ Age: __________ Gender (circle one): male female Name of School: ___________________________________________ How many brothers and sisters live in your house? _________________ Is there anyone else that lives in your house that is not a parent or a sibling? Yes (Explain: _________________________) No What chores are you responsible for at your house? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Do you play each day after school? If so, for how long each day? _____________ Do you play more on the weekends? If so, for how long each day? ___________ What do you do when you play? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What time do you go to bed? ________________________ Is there a TV or computer in your room? If so, which one? ___________ When you watch TV, what are the names of the shows that you watch? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Response Questions What would you do if someone called you a bad name to your face? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What would you do if you heard someone say bad things about you behind your back? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ How do you feel when you know you are about to take a big test like the TAKS test? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What would you do if a teacher embarrassed or punished you in front of the class? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What do you do when you feel like people just do not understand you? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ How do you feel when your parent(s) do not listen to you? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ How would you feel if your parent(s) left you at home alone? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

  13. Peak Preparatory is a public charter school in downtown Dallas. 90% of the students enrolled in Peak come from low-income households. The majority of the students are either one or two grade levels behind where they should be. The students have a longer school day than most students in DISD, and they also attend mandatory Saturday School and Summer School. Principal: Ms. Teresa Khirallah

  14. Holy Family is a private Catholic school located in Irving, TX. Compared to the public schools in the area, Holy Family is a much smaller community. Holy Family School

  15. Data Collected

  16. Based on our hypothesis, we were 57.5% correct. This means that generally a student’s stress score did match their emotional response score. What We Concluded:

  17. Students did not always write enough to give us a clear understanding of stress and/or emotions for evaluation, so in these instances we made decisions based on information we were given. Girls typically wrote more information than the boys, therefore the evaluation of the boys' surveys is likely to be less accurate. Limitations to Our Study:

  18. We would have surveyed older children, such as 5th or 6th graders. We would interview the children one-on-one while they complete the survey so that we could guarantee good information. If We Could Do It Over...

  19. Elkind, David. The Hurried Child. 3rd Ed. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2001. Elkind, David. The Power of Play. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2007. Doorey, Marie. “David Elkind.” 28 March 2009. <http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/gep_01/gep_01_00217.htm>. Bibliography

  20. Any Questions?

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