Sociometric study in a group of preschool children is carried out in a playful way.Children have a secret to give each other gifts.Given the characteristics of the age when the volitional processes in children is still underdeveloped, and keep the information secret is can not every child, the teacher arranges them in the game collective activities: reading, drawing or listening to music.
sociometric survey was conducted researcher who is familiar with small groups of children.We do not recommend this procedure to carry out the teacher group, asChildren can be guided in the distribution of gifts in its desire, and the opinion of the teacher group.Researchers at the table prepared in advance a table, including payroll of children.The method involves the selection of children sociometry three peers, which he gave one gift.The table numbers are marked 1, 2 and 3 make a choice.As gifts children can give cards, colorful illustrations, stickers or decals
Preschoolers painfully react if left without gifts.Therefore, before the game is instructed to children that they should give to his three friends on one picture, but they, too, someone put a gift in the locker.Researcher stored extra cards in case if someone from the group of children left without a gift.The sociometric survey includes several questions:
1) To be the first gift you gave?Second?Third?Why him?
2) If you had the opportunity to make a gift to all the children, and one card would not be enough.This would not be enough cards?Why is that?
After sociometric survey is completed, the child is not returned to the group and goes into the next room to the children who have already undergone the procedure.The aim is to prevent the possibility of children to agree on who give gifts.The process of the game can be carried out in the locker room, where each preschooler has a locker or in the schoolroom where children have permanent seats, and prepared special gifts for subscribed folders.
sociometric survey is conducted to identify the positive and negative election each child.Researchers estimate reciprocity elections, ieestablish friendly relations.In addition, traces the relationship of boys and girls, it analyzes the reasons for the negative election, which perhaps is the cause of conflicts, negative attitudes among preschoolers.
Sociometry - it is also a definition of the status of children in the group.The more the child receives gifts from his peers (the number of elections), the higher the status.Identified four status groups: leaders, preferred taken and outcast children.Leaders usually have 4-5 more gifts and outcasts - are not getting any.The teacher together with the researcher analyzes the reasons for rejection of children, their rejection of the collective.The reason may be the child's disease, which is rarely visited by the group, the inability to play with their peers, slovenly appearance and aggressive behavior.
As a result of studies of teachers and psychologists make a plan of corrective work with children who have been in the status of outcasts.The results of the game "The Secret" can indirectly indicate a style of relationship caregivers.For example, if a group of outcasts, and many leaders can assume the style of the teacher - authoritarian, and if there is a uniform distribution of children by status groups - democratic.
Sociometric studies may be supplemented by observations of the gaming activities of children, diagnostic talking with children about friendship.
