Manfred Holodynski – författare

vii PREFACE It was 13 years ago that we met for the ?rst time at a German developmental psychology conference. One of us, Wolfgang Friedlmeier (WF), was interested in ontogenetic development from a cross-cultural perspective. He presented a study on the development of empathy and distress in preschool age, dealing with how far children from different cultures respond to comparable demands with different emotions and regulation strategies. The other, Manfred Holodynski (MH), was - terested in ontogenetic development from the perspective of internalization: how processes that are originally socially distributed between persons are transformed into mental processes within the individual. He presented a study on the devel- ment of the emotions pride and shame in preschool age. This led the two of us to discover our common interest in central issues of emotional development: What role do the emotions play in an individual’s activity regulation? What is it exactly that is “developing” when we talk about emotional development? Do emotional processes have a social genesis? And what is the role of the early social interactions between children and their caregivers, along with the obvious fact that individuals grow up and live in completely different cultures? Even at this time, we both already suspected that the social and cultural embedment of the individual would prove to be a key to understanding how the diversity of human emotions and their regulation develop.

vii PREFACE It was 13 years ago that we met for the ?rst time at a German developmental psychology conference. One of us, Wolfgang Friedlmeier (WF), was interested in ontogenetic development from a cross-cultural perspective. He presented a study on the development of empathy and distress in preschool age, dealing with how far children from different cultures respond to comparable demands with different emotions and regulation strategies. The other, Manfred Holodynski (MH), was - terested in ontogenetic development from the perspective of internalization: how processes that are originally socially distributed between persons are transformed into mental processes within the individual. He presented a study on the devel- ment of the emotions pride and shame in preschool age. This led the two of us to discover our common interest in central issues of emotional development: What role do the emotions play in an individual’s activity regulation? What is it exactly that is “developing” when we talk about emotional development? Do emotional processes have a social genesis? And what is the role of the early social interactions between children and their caregivers, along with the obvious fact that individuals grow up and live in completely different cultures? Even at this time, we both already suspected that the social and cultural embedment of the individual would prove to be a key to understanding how the diversity of human emotions and their regulation develop.

vii PREFACE It was 13 years ago that we met for the ?rst time at a German developmental psychology conference. One of us, Wolfgang Friedlmeier (WF), was interested in ontogenetic development from a cross-cultural perspective. He presented a study on the development of empathy and distress in preschool age, dealing with how far children from different cultures respond to comparable demands with different emotions and regulation strategies. The other, Manfred Holodynski (MH), was - terested in ontogenetic development from the perspective of internalization: how processes that are originally socially distributed between persons are transformed into mental processes within the individual. He presented a study on the devel- ment of the emotions pride and shame in preschool age. This led the two of us to discover our common interest in central issues of emotional development: What role do the emotions play in an individual’s activity regulation? What is it exactly that is “developing” when we talk about emotional development? Do emotional processes have a social genesis? And what is the role of the early social interactions between children and their caregivers, along with the obvious fact that individuals grow up and live in completely different cultures? Even at this time, we both already suspected that the social and cultural embedment of the individual would prove to be a key to understanding how the diversity of human emotions and their regulation develop.

Dieses Lehrbuch für die elementarpädagogische Ausbildung und Praxis liefert das professionelle Handwerkszeug für eine erfolgreiche Bildungsarbeit im Elementarbereich, das für die zentralen Bildungsbereiche des Vorschulalters beschrieben wird: für den sozio-emotionalen, sprachlichen, motorischen und den mathematischen Bereich und darüber hinaus für die übergreifenden Bereiche Spielen, Lernen und die Selbstregulation. Damit liegt für die elementarpädagogische Ausbildung und Praxis erstmalig ein Lehrbuch vor, das entwicklungspsychologische Grundlagen, diagnostische Verfahren und erprobte Fördermaterialien für die genannten Bildungsbereiche in kompakter Form in einem Buch zusammenfasst.

Dieses Lehrbuch für die elementarpädagogische Ausbildung und Praxis liefert das professionelle Handwerkszeug für eine erfolgreiche Bildungsarbeit im Elementarbereich, das für die zentralen Bildungsbereiche des Vorschulalters beschrieben wird: für den sozio-emotionalen, sprachlichen, motorischen und den mathematischen Bereich und darüber hinaus für die übergreifenden Bereiche Spielen, Lernen und die Selbstregulation. Damit liegt für die elementarpädagogische Ausbildung und Praxis erstmalig ein Lehrbuch vor, das entwicklungspsychologische Grundlagen, diagnostische Verfahren und erprobte Fördermaterialien für die genannten Bildungsbereiche in kompakter Form in einem Buch zusammenfasst.

Jammernde Säuglinge mit flehendem Blick zur Mutter, vor Supermarktkassen auf dem Boden liegende tobende Zweijährige, aggressive Schulkinder– und dann?Die Entwicklung der Emotionen und ihre Regulation lässt sich nicht auf wenige Lebensjahre eingrenzen. Ebenso wenig kann man sie losgelöst vom soziokulturellen Kontext betrachten. Hier geht es um die zentralen Fragen der Emotionsentwicklung: Was entwickelt sich eigentlich genau wenn man von Emotionsentwicklung spricht? Gibt es eine soziale Genese emotionaler Prozesse? Welche Bedeutung haben frühe soziale Interaktionen zwischen Kind und Bezugsperson? Emotionen entwickeln sich von Geburt an bis ins Erwachsenenalter hinein. Erstmals werden in einem Buch Entwicklungstheorien der Emotionen über die Lebensspanne hinweg erläutert. Wenn Sie sich für die Entwicklung von Emotionen und ihre Regulation interessieren und verstehen wollen, warum man keine Erwachsenen tobend vor Supermarktkassen auf dem Boden liegen sieht, empfehlen wir Ihnen dieses Buch.