Young Leadership Pedagogy Used In Eskimo Kindergarten Kera To Promote Six-Years-Old Wellbeing And Involvement In Learning

• Main Authors: Kimambo, Sia, Oyebola, Oluwatoyin
• Other Authors: Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu 2016
• Subjects: Young Leadership Pedagody; fi=Sosiaaliala|sv=Sociala området|en=Social Sciences|; Degree Programme in Social Services; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/112547

The purpose of this study is to observe how young leadership pedagogy methods used at Eskimo kindergarten promote children’s level of wellbeing and involvement in learning. The study is done through observation and a use of Leuven point 5 scale rating to measure children’s wellbeing on a range of 1 to 5 scale level and involvement in learning on a 1 to 5 scale level. Our interest for this thesis was drawn from the pedagogy applied in the kindergarten Eskimo called “young leadership pedagogy”. The pedagogy approach is to foster the development of good leadership skills in every child of the school. In this thesis we examine the usefulness of this method and how it supports the involvement and wellbeing in children’s individual learning or group learning setting. The method focuses on team work in the form of a collaborative learning or group learning to build up leadership skills and enhance effective learning. As a new method being applied at kindergarten level, it generates research interest in term of its perceived impact. Expected benefits of this method includes; creating a sense of belonging, feeling happy, improving self-esteem, self-confidence, good social skills and effective communication skills in children learning. The findings from the thesis could provide Eskimo kindergarten with a better understanding of the effectiveness of this method in children’s learning. The theoretical background of the study is designed around involvement, wellbeing, leadership, social skills, group learning or collaborative learning and observation. The findings from this study suggest that collaborative learning plays a role in developing social skills and leadership skills among children in the young leadership pedagogy. The study also found that high level of involvement and high level of wellbeing is important in achieving better learning outcome in children. This indicates that a strong sense of belonging, self-confidence, self-esteem enhances the children concentration and engagement in individual learning outcome ...