The Mother-Child Interactive Experiences of the Toddlers’ Mothers via Co-reading Picture Story Books

• Main Authors: Chen,Ching-Li, 陳景莉
• Other Authors: Kao,Shu-Ching
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43310066288793243288

碩士 === 國立嘉義大學 === 家庭教育研究所 === 91 === abstract The purpose of this study was to explore the interactive experiences of toddlers’ mothers via co-reading picture story books. Based on hermeneutic phenomenology, in-depth interview method was used to understand and interpret the interactive experiences and their deeply hidden meanings. The researcher adopted general interview guide as the tool to develop inter-subjective relationships with 7 toddlers’ mothers. In addition, participants’ writings regarding to their experiences with children were collected. Through thematic analysis and inter-subjective agreement with these seven participants, five sets of thematic description are identified as follows: (a)It is like playing some variation in our routine family life by trying co-reading picture story books with my children; (b)Picture story books lighten us at the first sight; repetitive co-reading with my children brings me diverse discoveries; (c)I am getting to understand what we do not speak out, while we feel the senses of togetherness during co- reading; (d)We have experienced the atmospheres full of visible and invisible parts of picture story books in our family life; (e)I encounter myself in different time and space by co-reading time after time. Moreover, these five themes above could be a combination as a “love moving on” journey. According to the findings of the research, it is concluded by some suggestions for toddlers’ mothers, family educators and the research community as follows. (a) toddlers’ mothers can start from themselves to enter the world of picture story books; (b) more places with family-friendly design can be created for the toddlers and mothers; (c) child-rearing guides should be updated and balanced with positive and negative messages; (d) Besides picture story books, more other media can be found and applied to interact with toddlers and mothers; (e) research participants can be invited into the interaction via other media; (f) more researches can be expanded to the experiences of the toddlers’ interaction with other family members, in addition to with their mothers.