Dětské pojetí smrti
Children’s perceptions of death

Author(s): Iva Žaloudíková
Subject(s): Preschool education, School education, Educational Psychology
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: preschool children; young; death; perceptions of death;
Summary/Abstract: This monography deals with young school and preschool children’s perceptions, images, understanding of death phenomena. It is concerned on the factors which influenced the maturity of death concept like age, cognitive development, communication in the family environment, personal experience etc. It focuses on development of death concept in children aged 3 to 11 with its components as universality, irreversibility, etc. The qualitative methodology is used in the research part: drawnings, an individual semistructured interview, an observation and mental maps. In the end there is a recommendation how to talk with children about death in school and in the family.

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