Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to study the social and cultural constructs of
Kindergarten children. Since the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC), more
attention and focus has been placed on voices of children. The researcher wanted to find
out what children think of their school, home life and their emotions. A qualitative study
was conducted with 30 Kindergarteners at a local elementary school in fall 2016.
Through small group focus interview and work sample (children’s drawing), in-depth
data were collected. Adopting Urie Brofenbrenner’s ecological systems theory as the
theoretical framework, this study envision to study the implication of the data on
children’s construct of childhood. The data will be coded and analyzed according to
emerging themes. The results and findings of this research are useful to parents and
educators across the world.
