happened? On the fourth visit, I started to assess the child who I am working with for my practicum. I first observed the child while he was playing, and when he was sitting on the center time, and on the out play time. The different situations that I was observing the child assisted me to get a complete picture of his development level, and I saw many things that I thought he would not be able to do, but he did. When I intended to take a video of the child, I did it while he is playing in the class and
Child #1 In my observations of Michael, I notice that his major play patters were Conversation and games with rules. He was constantly speaking, and listening to others. He was planning each person roles in the game. Child #2 In my observations of Aiden, I notice that his play was unpredictable. He first started playing alone, solitary exploratory, and parallel functional. Then he engaged in a group activity in which his major play patterns were; peer conversation and dramatic play. Child #3 In
and associates, I was able to conduct a virtual observation of a child with special needs. HBO was able to create a meaningful documentary that showcased exactly what it was like for a child who had a certain disability: Down syndrome. This documentary was able to shed light on a disorder in an informal way in order to get the real experience of living with this disorder. In my experience I observed one male who had Down syndrome. I observed this child within a variety of settings, but I mainly observed
My observation took place in a charter school located in Harlem, Manhattan. I have been placed to work with second graders. The class is made up of twelve boys and nine girls. It has a mix of seven and eight years old students. The teacher work with each of his student by individualized instruction that is aligned to the Common Core standards. The child I chose for my observation is the boy aged seven years old. His name is Ismail. His family is form Yemen and they moved to United States when Ismail
Observation Paper #2 On 02/14/2018, I observed a toddler classroom at Eden Palms, Kidango. At nine thirty, there are four children at the table with two teachers. Jesus puts both his hand into a basket of Legos, he touches and looks at different colors of Legos. He does not communicate with his peer. Litzy stands next to him, and she gets one by one Lego to stack them on the top of another Lego. Santiago sits on the chair next to table that has Legos, he positions his hands on the table. He holds
For my observation, I observed Center School in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. I was observing Erin Craft an educator who was teaching third graders in elementary school at Center School. When I first entered Erin Crafts classroom I instantly felt welcomed and she made the environment safe, respectful, and caring. Erin Crafts classroom was creative, colorful and was filed with several displays of helpful posters and children’s work. Her classroom had a very open layout that had one area designated to
clarified by what may be named as "social facts" which can be examined by methodologies that use "the empirical logic of the natural sciences" (Homa, 1994 as cited by Amaratunga, Baldry, Sarshar, and Newton, 2001). Knowledge is acquired through tests, observation, and surveys. In the article statistics were generated through completed surveys. Mixed method approach can also be used in this article. According to Das (1983) cited in Amaratunga, Baldry, Sarshar, and Newton (2001), qualitative and quantitative
naturally try to make sense of their world by attempting to comprehend surroundings of their physical and social worlds. With this view, children’s thinking ultimately becomes more sophisticated as they develop (Barnfield & Kail, 2015). Children at the Child Care Centre will be studied, their parents had granted consent for the children to participate through a consent form in addition to an assent form for children with information of the study and their rights to leave the study at any point if they
Bandura (1977) social learning theory suggests “people learn through observation and imitation in social contexts." (Flanagan, Berry, Jarvis &Liddle, 2015, p.108). Also, learn indirectly by vicarious reinforcement. Vicarious reinforcement involves learning by observing rewarded behaviour and imitating it and if behaviour is punished then no imitation. Additionally, there is reciprocal determinism, where along being influenced by our environment, we have some influence on the environment (Bandura
These theorists outline the relevance and importance of loose parts to the play experiences of the child. Nicholson and Brown both believed that in order to develop creativity, inventiveness, problem solving skills and ultimately a positive self-esteem, children need to be able to explore, interact with and have some degree of control over their world