Ameliorating conflict situations in the play of preschool children is an issue that may arise at some point in day-to-day teaching practice. How teachers and children are coming to terms with this issue will be revealed. There is an overall emphasis on ways to prevent and contain the behaviour, and a look at why teachers use this approach.
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