What are your career goals? How do you hope to use an A.M. degree to improve the lives of young children?
I was born as a biracial child to a German mother and an Arabic father. When I was a child, I spent the first 3 years of my life in Iraq and most of my adult life in Germany. I remember that my overall language development was delayed, since I spoke Arabic as my primary language at home. I did not look like the rest of the German children, nor could I talk like them. It made me insecure and shy, with very little self-confidence; as a result I felt isolated.
It was in Kindergarten, where I felt that I was in a secure, safe and nurturing environment. My teacher was from the Netherlands, and there were other children of different cultural …show more content…
I want to create more awareness among Early Childhood Education Professionals on this issue.
My career goal is to become an Early Childhood Educator. It would allow me to develop the tools that promote diversity and inclusion, and I could also help to create a classroom setting and anti-bias curriculum to ensure that children in their care are able to embrace their differences. Reducing adversity and stress in early childhood will create a more welcoming and fun place for children to play freely, and to explore and discover the world around them, which will consequently improve the lives of young …show more content…
Briefly describe a book or article that you have recently read. In what ways does this text contribute to your understanding of children education?
Since I am a volunteer at the Neil Cummins Kindergarten, I am observing K1 children in their environment. I was interested to learn more about the different approaches to observation, and wanted to learn which ones are commonly used for observing in classrooms. In the book, Supervision in Early Childhood Education: a developmental perspective. New York, authors Joseph J.J.Caruso and Fawcett, M. T. (2007) describes the differences of Informal, formal, group, and participant observation, along with its methods. This book helped me to understand that observation is a fundamental tool for staff growth and change.
In his few, “observation serves as the major source of the content of supervisory conferences. It enables supervisors to provide feedback on what actually takes place in a classroom, providing a credible basis for planning improvements in classroom practices.” (Caruso, J.J., & Fawcett, M.T. (2007, P.154)
Since I am a volunteer, I will apply the informal observation first, to get a general sense of the tone of the room, the teacher’s style and finally the organization of the learning environment. This knowledge will contribute to my better understanding of children education and classroom
I was born as a biracial child to a German mother and an Arabic father. When I was a child, I spent the first 3 years of my life in Iraq and most of my adult life in Germany. I remember that my overall language development was delayed, since I spoke Arabic as my primary language at home. I did not look like the rest of the German children, nor could I talk like them. It made me insecure and shy, with very little self-confidence; as a result I felt isolated.
It was in Kindergarten, where I felt that I was in a secure, safe and nurturing environment. My teacher was from the Netherlands, and there were other children of different cultural …show more content…
I want to create more awareness among Early Childhood Education Professionals on this issue.
My career goal is to become an Early Childhood Educator. It would allow me to develop the tools that promote diversity and inclusion, and I could also help to create a classroom setting and anti-bias curriculum to ensure that children in their care are able to embrace their differences. Reducing adversity and stress in early childhood will create a more welcoming and fun place for children to play freely, and to explore and discover the world around them, which will consequently improve the lives of young …show more content…
Briefly describe a book or article that you have recently read. In what ways does this text contribute to your understanding of children education?
Since I am a volunteer at the Neil Cummins Kindergarten, I am observing K1 children in their environment. I was interested to learn more about the different approaches to observation, and wanted to learn which ones are commonly used for observing in classrooms. In the book, Supervision in Early Childhood Education: a developmental perspective. New York, authors Joseph J.J.Caruso and Fawcett, M. T. (2007) describes the differences of Informal, formal, group, and participant observation, along with its methods. This book helped me to understand that observation is a fundamental tool for staff growth and change.
In his few, “observation serves as the major source of the content of supervisory conferences. It enables supervisors to provide feedback on what actually takes place in a classroom, providing a credible basis for planning improvements in classroom practices.” (Caruso, J.J., & Fawcett, M.T. (2007, P.154)
Since I am a volunteer, I will apply the informal observation first, to get a general sense of the tone of the room, the teacher’s style and finally the organization of the learning environment. This knowledge will contribute to my better understanding of children education and classroom