The purpose of assessments The National Early Childhood Assessment Resource Group summarized the purposes for appropriate uses of assessment in the early childhood years as follows: Purpose 1: Assessing to promote children’s learning and development; Purpose 2: Identifying children for health and social services; Purpose 3: Monitoring trends and evaluating programs and services Purpose 4: Assessing academic achievement to hold individual students, teachers, and schools accountable” Source: (Shepard, Kagan, Lynn, & Wurtz, 1998). (pg.3) Principles and Recommendations for Early Childhood Assessments All early childhood assessments involve a process of gathering information about children to better understand and support learning and development.…
The importance of a person centred and inclusive approach is that your looking at the individual child and the needs of that child. My setting works with many outside agencies in order that the in-dividual child has all they need in place to be included in all aspects of the school day. Some chil-dren will have an individual education plan (IEP) which will set out what they aim to achieve with-in a set time frame with support other children may need the school grounds to be adapted we have adapted our school in order for the child to gain access around the school ground so things like ramps in place and hygiene suites. Question 39. When working as a home based childcare you will undertake observations and assessments of the children in…
1. Introduction: The development of a child is referred to by the changes that a child undergoes during growth. These changes develop in relation to physical and mental health as well as emotional and social competence. Research confirms that the first three years of a child’s life are critical in shaping the architecture of the brain.…
The first important factor is maintaining a safe learning environment. Children are adventurous and curious at heart so it’s critical to assure their safety at all times. The second key factor incorporates a child’s curiosity through developmentally appropriate practices that are essential when teaching lesson plans. Allowing the child’s inclination when discovering new concepts gives them a sense of autonomy as well as accomplishment, and nurtures their development in all five domains.…
At a young age, children are curious about their surroundings. They have the need to explore independently, move around and operate materials which favourably contributes to their development both cognitively and visually. According to Berk, human vision is the least developed sense at birth and the one we rely on the most (2013, pg 158). Infants initially explore the visual field with a lack of sight. Over time they develop pattern, depth and object perception.…
Essay synopsis Essay question: Jean Piaget proposed a step-wise sequence of mental development during childhood. Provide an overview of Piaget’s core ideas, discussing evidence for and against these ideas. Jean Piaget (1869-1980) started to investigate children’s development after two years of working with children in Binet’s lab (Eddy, 2010).He found that children of younger aged gave different answers than those of alder age not because they have less knowledge but because they thought differently. He describes development as sequence of stages and each of these stages represents different type of thinking occurs in variable ages in different background (Vidal, 2000)…
Children’s individual development variations include their learning styles. The focus is on that not every child learns the same way. In a Developmentally Appropriate classroom, the teacher provides many different ways for students to learn such as hands-on, singing a song, drawing a picture or even acting something act. This helps to make sure that every learning style is touched…
Parks can play an important role in youth activity. This study used observational data to evaluate the relationship of environmental and social determinants to youth physical activity intensity levels in Las Vegas neighborhood parks. System for observing play and leisure activity in youth was used to code activity levels as sedentary, walking, or vigorous in five low-income and five high-income parks. Environmental determinants included amenities, incivilities, size, high-speed streets, sidewalk condition, and temperature. Social determinants included percent minority and Hispanic, gender, and income.…
Furthermore, the constructivist learning theory viewed children as active agents in their own learning, forming their own understanding of the world and what is around them through independent exploration (Gallagher and Reid, 2002). Additionally, children internalise their actions through the creation of cognitive frameworks or schemas (Piaget, 1977). Schemas are mental representations, which provide a way of organising knowledge (Cooper, 2011). Schemas are subject to change as the child matures and gains new experiences through their actions in the world. (Morgan, 2010).…
Critically assess Piaget’s theoretical predictions about when children would and would not be able to have/do certain things (eg. Object Permanence, imitate facial expressions, take another’s perspective, pass a conservation task etc. Cognitive development describes the growth of cognitive abilities and capacities from birth to old age (Colman, 2009). Jean Piaget’s four stages cognitive-developmental theory (Piaget, 1962) is widely regarded as the most detailed explanation of child development (Carlson et al., 2004). This essay will assess the strengths and weaknesses of Piaget’s theory and compare these to other cognitive development theories namely the theories developed by Lev Vygotsky and Mark Johnson in order to gain a better insight…
Teacher relationship and the effects on students At a young age, children are molded by the adults around them, shaping how they socially develop and their cognitive development. Once the child is at a school age, the most important adult around them beside family is their teacher. Thus the teacher-student relationship is formed and it must be a positive atmosphere to ensure the child to grow mentally and emotionally. Student-teacher relationships are studied and is found to have a correlation with the child’s social development, their cognitive development, and the child’s academic success.…
Age difference existing between children may affect the quality and quantity of their interactions even when they are well acquainted, and bullying of younger peer can appear as well as rejection by own peers (Ratrup, 1983). Friendship and social interaction become better and stable with age: 2-3 year children old flirt with different playmates, while five years olds are faithful to one or two peers sometime (Brierman and Furman, 1984). This is because younger children are less differentiated in their perceptions of peer’s behavior than are older children. Coie and Pennington (1976), and younger, (1985, 1986) found that fourth and seventh graders were not differentiated in their social perception of their peers than first graders. This is because…
Observation of a 5-year-old Purpose The purpose of this observational study is to gain perspective of the various theories of development that were taught in class. Also, to help the observer understand that observational research is complex and difficult to describe a five-year-old female child objectively. The observation took place in the child’s home for one hour while her parents were present during the study thus, the mother can sign the permission slip.…
Both the indoor and outdoor setting should be freely available to the children as they choose. The adult or childcare practitioner will also play a role within the childcare environment. Vygotsky’s theory’s promotes learning in which he states that students/children play an active role in learning, Vygotsky. L(1978).…
As a result, the teacher would need to know how the topic relates to other concepts and how the lesson must be crafted to address this (Shulman, 1987, p. 14). This is done through the use of inquiry based lesson. In order to get pupils excited about science, the real life application of this…