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RECORDING CHILDREN'S CONVERSATIONS AT HOME AND AT NURSERY SCHOOL: A TECHNIQUE AND SOME METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Author(s) -
Hughes Martin,
Carmichael Helen,
Pinkerton Gill,
Tizard Barbara
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1979.tb00506.x
Subject(s) - psychology , pre school , developmental psychology , context (archaeology) , paleontology , biology
SUMMARY A technique is described for radio‐recording adult‐child conversations at home and at nursery school, with an observer present to record the context. It was found that the amount of adult‐child talk at school varied systematically over the four days, with the least amount of talk on the first day. At home there were no effects in the amount or kind of mother‐child talk due to either order of visits or time of day. Observer‐related behaviour was greatest in both settings on the first day.