@article {118,
	title = {CHILDREN{\textquoteleft}S SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN PRESCHOOL AND AT THE END OF THIRD GRADE},
	journal = {Problems of Education in the 21st Century },
	volume = {6},
	year = {2008},
	month = {May/2008},
	type = {Original article},
	chapter = {124-135},
	abstract = {The present paper deals with social skills of Estonian preschool and primary school children. The aim is to analyze how teachers evaluate students{\textquoteleft} social development and what substantial differences occur in the level of social skills at preschool and at the end of third grade. In order to develop children{\textquoteright}s perception of themselves as citizens, it is important to emphasize those goals of the curriculum, which promote the main qualities of citizenship: identify, belonging and participation.
 Assessment of social skills based on the questionnaire {\quotedblbase}Transition from Preschool to School{\textquotedblright}. The study was carried out in four stages- the same children were evaluated by their teachers at the end of pre-school and at the end of first-, second and third grade. At each stage of the study teachers were asked to evaluate children{\textquoteleft}s individual achievements in nine target areas relying on curriculum aims: learning skills; social skills; language; mathematics; ethics; health; physical development; art and culture. The nine areas were rated on a scale from one to five. The results showed a very high reliability for the teacher rating (Alpha=.95).
 The mean assessments of teachers demonstrate that social skills as well as appreciating different attitudes and altruism and accepting diversity have received weaker assessments from the teachers than other objectives.
 


},
	keywords = {social skills, sustainability},
	issn = {1822-7864},
	url = {http://oaji.net/articles/2014/457-1392233708.pdf},
	author = {Airi  Kukk and Leida Talts and Helle Sikka}
}
