Assignment Task:
This is a two-piece assignment.
Part A:
You've collectively pieced together, and articulated well, the essential message that I would like most to convey in this class. An excellent educator is open to seeing the potential and strengths of every child. Differences are not deficits. Diversity enriches our classrooms. And teachers can play an important role in the development of the child, not just academically, but as they develop and grow as human beings. This week's chapter on Social and Emotional Development is an important piece of that story. After you've read Chapter 12, and watched the four videos this week, I'd like for you to talk about self-concept. We learned in the readings that children in middle childhood are developing their sense of self - confidence (or inferiority), self-efficacy (or feelings of helplessness), motivation (or lack thereof). How can teachers support a child's Social and Emotional Development? Do you have a story about a teacher who told you that you weren't good enough or that you couldn't do something - and had that affect yourself concept? Or, do you have a story about a teacher who was particularly supportive and helped you with your self-image? Do you think that a teacher's biases, even implicit or unconscious biases, can affect how they interact with children? Can that affect children's self-concept? What does that mean for us as educators? Need Assignment Help?
Part B: (This part of the assignment has two parts; do not forget this when doing part B.
Project Description:
Students will gather information about a child between the ages of 3 and 8 and create a Development Profile of the child.
Part One: Data Collection
1. Select a child between the ages of three and eight. The child may be a relative or a child that you have ongoing access to. Try to select a child from a family whose culture is as different as possible from yours. If you do not have access to a child, please use one of the personas linked here:
2. Review NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development (NC FELD) to identify where you would expect this child to be developmentally based on developmental indicators and domains. Link to NC FELD:
Review: North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and Development
The domains as outlined in NC FELD will be addressed in the Developmental Profile created in Part Two. The domains from Foundations are:
- Approaches to Play and Learning
- Emotional and Social
- Health and Physical
- Language and Communication
- Cognitive
Part Two: Assessment and Developmental Profile
For Part Two, students are required to complete a "Developmental Profile" for the child.
Developmental Profile
Date:
Child's Age:
Developmental Profile
Identify developmental indicators the child performed or attempted to perform in the Domains from NC Early Standards, Foundations and include brief descriptions of behaviors observed. All domains should be accurately identified with two descriptions of observed behaviors that include a variety of characteristics of child's growth and development. Each description of child's growth and development must accurately align with four developmental indicators from NC Early Learning Standards, Foundations.(NAEYC 1a: Knowing and understanding young children's characteristics and needs)
Approaches to Play and Learning
Emotional and Social Development
Health and Physical Development
Language Development and Communication
Cognitive Development
Factors in environment that contribute to overall developmentand learning.
Describeat two or three factors in the child's environment that have influenced and contributed to his/her overall growth and development. Identify these factors using information gathered.
(NAEYC 1b: Knowing and understanding the multiple influences on development and learning)
Three recommendations to support child's growth and development within the early childhood environment. Describe in detail the ideal learning environment for child, including three specific teaching strategies that would most benefit the child and at least one that should be avoided. Your descriptions of the ideal learning environment must make accurate connections from information gathered.
(NAEYC 1c: Using developmental knowledge to create healthy, respectful, supportive, and challenging learning environments).