In order to have effective instruction, it is crucial that teachers have an understanding of child development. Throughout their years in school, children experience a myriad of social, emotional, and behavioral changes. Teachers should implement research based strategies in order to develop a caring learning environment so these changes can take place alongside learning. In the case study “Another Typical Day,” Mrs. Arling must ensure her students are making academic progress; however, she still must attend to the social and emotional needs of her student. Countless studies show that the most effective way to provide instruction is to introduce it in a concrete way; once students have an understanding, only then can they understand it pictorially.…
By providing relevant training to employees. Using simple and clear words. Jargons should be avoided. Reduce or eliminate any noise level. Listen attentively and as carefully as you can.…
ELL students are part of the classroom community and they need to feel a sense of belongingness and involvement in the classroom. Generally, most of ELLs tend to be anxious and reluctant about expressing their thoughts and feelings comfortably. Therefore, it is the teacher’s duty to fulfill these needs and make ELL children become involved in the classroom activities. One way teachers can build a positive classroom community is through establishing trust. There are simple but powerful strategies teachers can use to accomplish that, such as by making eye contact with them, listening and caring to what they need to say, and acknowledging their thoughts and feelings.…
As a preschool teacher you will need to build a positive relationship with the children and their families. There are many ways to do this. Some ways on how to do that would be to make positive phone calls about the children to their parents. Let the parents know how…
• Communicating with adults – it’s important that we are sensitive to the need of other adults, particularly if they have communication difficulties. It is possible that we will adapt with them without realising that. We often change the way we react to others, depending on the way in which they react to us. For example, if we are speaking to parent or carer, we might make sure that we are facing them and giving eye contact. Often schools will send our or gather information in particular way, email or letters.…
Engaging with families that are different from own can shape us as teachers, by allowing us to observe how others behave apart from the classroom. Teachers need to understand a child’s home life, to understand the child better. The ways in which we portray our body tone and respectable use of language can shape the way the families views us as a person and teacher. There are several key points addressed in the paper, which include a rationale for choosing the family, and an introduction of myself. Others include the differences in our families, other family types, and appropriate questions when meeting the family and children.…
The Family Tree to My Dreams In my eyes, my culture is all the aspects behind my family and the people that help define who I am. This may include the events that have happened to past generations, behaviors of my relatives or beliefs that have been passed down to me. In the book, Is everyone really equal?, the authors, Sensoy and DiAngelo, define culture as “the norms, values, practices, patterns of communication, language, laws, customs, and meanings shared by a group of people located in a given time or place”, expressing that culture can be seen on the outside of a person such as how they dress or the language they speak or underneath the skin such as attitudes toward certain situations or body language (Sensoy and DiAngelo). I believe…
How language and literacy develops has long been a matter of theoretical debate, where numerous academics have been unable to decide on a single theory which can explain the most effective method of learning which can have the greatest effect on the cognitive development of an individual. B.F. Skinner’s (1957) theory of behaviourism and Lev Vygotsky’s (1978) Social Interactionist theory are two such learning models, each with their own distinct differences and implications when applied within an early childhood setting. This essay will focus on comparing these two theories through an analysis of each method’s key characteristics, comparable features and their educational implications within a teaching environment. This discussion will be utilised…
Jen, a young girl sits at her desk with her mathematics homework in front of her. “Train X is leaving the station and is traveling towards the East at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour.” she says to herself, while moving her right arm to the right. After that, she says “At the same time, Train Y is leaving the same station but is travelling West at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.” as she moves her left arm towards the left.…
Throughout the observations I noticed there was a relatively even amount of information regarding the four developmental domains: physical, cognitive, social, and emotional. The first instance of physical development was in observation two when children were playing outside. Children were climbing the playground and running around in the play area. Children should be encouraged to run around while outside, if they aren’t then children are antsy in times when they need to be quiet and still.…
Blended learning exercise - communication with families As a child teacher, always encounter many new admission of children, a group of kids come to school, elementary school children have to go out and repeat the conduct. In general, Children in kindergarten, there will be crying and reluctance to happen. This is because kids grow up around parents suddenly want to leave the parents to a strange environment in which to go, he will have a "separation anxiety" and "stranger anxiety." "Separation anxiety" so that children leave their parents to produce a sense of insecurity; "stranger anxiety" so that the child because exposure to the new environment and new teachers, new students feel nervous, so a sense of attachment to their loved ones particularly…
Physical set up of the room The room was divided into different clusters for different types of social and cognitive interactions to be encouraged. For instance, there was a block area, a coloring station, a reading area, and a snack area. Each of these places promote different types of social and cognitive interactions such as cause and effect reasoning with other kids, classification, and how to be a friend. I feel that separating out these areas like they did helps encourage all types of social and cognitive interactions between the preschoolers.…
Summary of strengths: Negative affect: Teachers frequently were respectful, kind, and used a warm tone when speaking with the children. For the most part, the teachers were not observed being irritable, harsh, or using angry voices with the children. Peer aggression during the observation. Punitive control: The teachers were not observed yelling, using threats, or engaging in physical control of the children. Sarcasm/disrespect: Teachers were generally respectful in their interactions with the children.…
Nonverbal communication is communication through gestures, eye contact, touch, and facial expressions. Nonverbal communication provides us with hints to individual’s internal feelings. It’s important that the messages conveyed through both nonverbal and verbal communication are clear so that messages are expressed appropriately. For example, if you are angry then your facial expressions should match your tone of voice however, if you state your not angry (verbal communication) while you are clinching your teeth and rolling your eyes (nonverbal communication) the message is unclear and communication was not conveyed effectively. Thus, in order for communication to be effective, both verbal and nonverbal communication should match.…
Throughout the course of my five days at the SAHETI primary school, I found myself astonished at various activities that are done throughout the day. Through the course of my practical, I was given a Grade two class to observe and I unquestionably discovered a recently developed love for that age group. I was always adamant from the first time I knew I wanted to become a teacher that I wanted to teach Grade one’s, but my thoughts have definitely evolved. During the course of my observing I was more than willing to help with various activities such as marking, doing spelling tests with the children, as well as helping them with any difficulties they were having with their work. I have gained a lot of experience after helping out with the activities and my knowledge for teaching has grown immensely.…