Peculiarities of the Use of Words of Gratitude by Senior Preschool Children

Vira Kuzmenko (), Irina Karabaeva (), Tetyana Yatsenko (), Halyna Shkliaieva (), Olena Polovina (), Inna Kondratets (), Iryna Novoseletska () and Olena Brovata ()
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Vira Kuzmenko: Dr.Sc. in Psychology, Professor, National Pedagogical University named after M. P. Drahomanov, Kyiv, Ukraine
Irina Karabaeva: Candidate of psychological sciences, Senior Researcher, G.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
Tetyana Yatsenko: Candidate of psychological sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy, Psychology and Preschool Education, Communal Institution of Higher Education «Kremenchuk Humanitarian and Technological Academy» of the Poltava Regional Council, Ukraine
Halyna Shkliaieva: Candidate of pedagogical sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy, Psychology and Preschool Education, Communal Institution of Higher Education «Kremenchuk Humanitarian and Technological Academy» of the Poltava Regional Council, Ukraine
Olena Polovina: Candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor, Ð ead of the Department of Preschool Education, Faculty of Pedagogical Education, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University Kyiv, Ukraine
Inna Kondratets: Candidate of pedagogical sciences, Ð ssociate professor of the Department of Preschool Education, Faculty of Pedagogical Education Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University Kyiv, Ukraine
Iryna Novoseletska: PhD, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Preschool Education, Faculty of Pedagogical Education, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Olena Brovata: Senior Lecturer of the Department of Pedagogy, Psychology and Preschool Education, Communal Institution of Higher Education «Kremenchuk; Humanitarian and Technological Academy» of the Poltava Regional Council, Ukraine

Revista romaneasca pentru educatie multidimensionala - Journal for Multidimensional Education, 2025, vol. 17, issue 3, 798-812

Abstract: Purpose: based on a theoretical and empirical study, identify and characterize the peculiarities of senior preschool children's use of words of gratitude. Research methods and techniques: theoretical (analysis, synthesis, systematization, generalization); diagnostic (targeted formalized observation, individual conversations with children); developmental methods and techniques; statistical (setting average values and percentage ratios, setting the level of significance according to Student's t- criterion). Results: Research on the use of words of gratitude by senior preschool children has been proven to be relevant. The originality and place of expressing gratitude in the structure of etiquette speech are determined. The criteria of the researched phenomenon, which cover various areas of mental development of older preschoolers (cognitive, value, conative, social-communicative, emotional), are substantiated. The results of the primary diagnosis of the peculiarities of the use of words of gratitude by senior preschoolers were conducted and analyzed. A differentiated program of developmental work was developed and carried out. The peculiarities of the use of words of gratitude by senior preschool children were determined. A statistical evaluation of the effectiveness of the development work was carried out. Conclusions: The use of words of gratitude by senior preschool children, provided that purposeful development work is carried out, is characterized by a high dynamic of quantitative and qualitative growth, an intensive spread of the range of ideas about existing forms of thanks and the direction of using these words, active formation of abilities and skills in the use of communicative and speech formulas in everyday behavior and their use in various activities

Keywords: etiquette speech; words of gratitude; communicative and speech etiquette formulas; knowledge of words of gratitude; understanding of words of gratitude; use of words of gratitude; attitude to the use of words of gratitude. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.18662/rrem/17.3/1044

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