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Research Paradigms of Children's Time Cognition: Dilemma and Transcendence

YU Xide   

  1. School of Education Science and Technology, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou 510665
  • Published:2022-09-14

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Abstract: The research on children's time cognition under the guidance of western positivism is not only fruitful but also limited to predicament. Four common research paradigms are taken as breakthrough points to conclude and the dilemmas are mainly reflected in:(1) whether the cognitive paradigms of clock time can cover all the contents of time thinking; (2) Whether the use of various paradigms can be effectively adapted to the different time thinking; (3) Whether the "common magnitude system" can provide a root explanation for children's time cognition from the behavioral perspective; (4) How necessary and feasible is it to explore the brain mechanism of children's time cognition on the premise of not discovering a specific brain mechanism of time processing in adults. These difficulties reflect the inclined weight of children's "empirical" and "linear" time made by previous researchers, so did the undervaluation of "conceptual" and "cyclical" time. Chinese "time" culture emphasizes the integration of time to capture space, objects and people. Future research can incorporate children's time cognition into the background of "time-event", and transcend the above-mentioned difficulties in terms of embodied situations, interpersonal interactions, behavior control and other aspects.

Key words: children's time cognition, research paradigms, time consciousness, time-event

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