Investigation of Social Imagination using Wordless Picture Book among Preschoolers
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https://doi.org/10.37134/bitara.vol17.sp.9.2024%20Keywords:
ADHD behaviors, emotion regulation, preschooler, social imagination, wordless picture bookAbstract
Social imagination is a mindset which provides the ability for individuals to realize the relationship between their personal experiences and the larger society in which they live their lives, which may include people's thoughts, feelings and intentions. However, there is no standardised method available to assess or profile social imagination in preschoolers. Therefore, the researcher is planned to explore the profiling of social imagination via using wordless picture books to analyse the thoughts, feelings, and intentions (TFI scores) in social imagination among preschoolers. In this study, a new method of profiling social imagination through using wordless picture book will be attempted. Six children (three boys and three girls) were selected from a 5-year-old class for this pilot study according to the purposive sampling criteria. The findings indicated that the use of social imagination is observable using wordless picture book reading. The findings also revealed that the children's TFI scores across the three dimensions were very different. The potential ways to improve children's social imagination according to their TFI scores are postulated.
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