SPECIFIC CHARACTER OF INTERPERSONAL INTERACTION OF CHILDREN IN THE CONDITIONS OF A MIXED AGE GROUP IN A PRESCHOOL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Abstract

The article reveals specifics of interpersonal interaction of children in the conditions of a mixed-age group in a preschool educational institution.The purpose of the article is:to analyse theoretically the interpersonal interaction of educational process participants in a preschool educational institution as a psychological and pedagogical category;to investigate the influence of interpersonal interaction on the development of abilities and activity of pupils in the conditions of a mixed-age group.The concept “interaction” has been specified in the article. Theoretical and methodological foundations to the formation of interpersonal interaction of children in the conditions of a mixed-aged group in the preschool educational institution have been considered, too. Views of native and foreign scientists on the determinants of the group behavior of preschool-age children have been analyzed. The stages of the development of interpersonal interaction of preschool-age children and playing games as the formation environment of interpersonal interaction skills development have been characterized. The main determinants of the formation of a preschool personality in the conditions of a mixed-age group have been determined. The peculiarities of pedagogical activity of the teacher in the conditions of a mixed-age group have been clarified. It has been underlined that the effectiveness of the organization of children’s life of all ages is caused by the establishment of active interpersonal interaction between them; the main forms of educational work of a teacher with children of different age have been revealed. The ideological characteristics of a teacher’s interaction with children have been characterized, in particular: orientation of actions; emotional state; degree of teacher’s involvement in communication with children; specially organized process of mixed-age interactions; variation of methods and forms of educational process organization. It has been established that the different age interaction is the factor which has the most effective influence on social and mental development of a child, providing its expedient and purposeful inclusion in pedagogical process.