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developing personal and social competencies by games in kindergarten
teacher education
4. 4. Community development
Games of community development challenge the cooperation of the whole group playing
together. Cooperation as a means and also a hidden goal appears in games like “Common
symbol, coat of arms”, “The trap”, “ravel”. Complete cooperation is realised in the games
“The island”, “our house”, “Jackpot” and partly in “Common drawing” as everybody takes
part in solving the problem, and absolute agreement is required to find the clue. Spatial
sociometry can illustrate the players’ actual group relationships. Cooperation is fulfilled
in dramatic activities in the case of “Situational games”, “The text remains” and “role plays”.
Observations
According to the feedback and our experience, adopting games is a suitable method
to develop college students’ competencies in nursery teacher education including
their personal and social competencies. The training has been proved to be successful.
It cannot be supplemented by lectures; it must be experienced with actions. The
students are motivated, enthusiastic and active. In sheltered environment – as we are
among ourselves – they become more courageous and more open to development and
improvement. Our aim is to continue this successful practice and make some further
improvements. It is our pleasure to recommend our work to the attention of other
institutions and colleagues.
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