Chapter Discussion
Peeking into a child’s emotional and physical activities could be possible with a pedagogical documentation which throws light on more such behaviours (Dahlberg, 2013). Pedagogical documentation refers to the study of teaching and learning that relates to the log of daily activities which includes, people, places and events to attain a deeper insight into the lives of children (Fleet, 2011).
Pedagogical documentation was developed in the 1970 and 80’s by the teachers of infant centers and preschools of the municipality of Reggio Emilia in Italy which later spread in other parts of the world (Anne Wien, 2013). Pedagogical documentation is a kind of a record which gives complete information about children and their thought process. This record is presented in terms of the behaviours as captured in images, video, artifacts, written and audio records (Anne Wien, 2013). A collection of the documented material serves as a great tool for a combined thought when others get to share these experiences. It is not just a picture of an action but also a deeper understanding of what is going on in the minds of these children, the emotional battle going on in their minds and the learning experience they get from such moves and behaviours (Dahlberg, 2013).
The pedagogical documentation also offers a deeper experience into the lives of children that are marked by innocence and many unsaid stories (Anne Wien, 2013). It further unveils the behaviours of these children while calming the curiosity of teachers and parents as related to their actions. This realization leads to the expansion of the understanding about these children and their small world. Once an individual observes an act, the planning of a response for the same woul...
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The understanding of the course concepts related to modernity, postmodernity and metanarratives makes me an enlightened individual. I see myself as more confident and informed as a potential ECE teacher where I learned multiple techniques of teaching through the key concepts of quality, meaning making and pedagogical documentation. Altogether, the principles based on the early childhood education have a positive impact on my previous knowledge while adding more to it at the same time. My pedagogical skills have got an impetus from the advanced knowledge presented in the textbook and handouts provided. Overall, my knowledge on the key concepts related to the course has become more refined, preparing me for any upcoming challenges that I might confront in my career as an early childhood educator.
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Children have often been viewed as innocent and innocent may be a nicer way to call children naive. Since children’s lives are so worry free they lack the knowledge of how to transition from being a child to becoming an adolescent. Their lack of knowledge may be a large part of their difficulties growing up, which could be a few rough years for many. In books like the boy in the striped pajamas the story is told from the point of view of a little boy, this way we get a full view of how innocent he is. In this book the writer shows the reader first hand how a child viewed the holocaust and how his innocence cost him his life. Then in books like the perks of being a wallflower Charlie is a teen whom is struggling with the transition from being a child to becoming an adolescent. In this book the writer gives a first hand look at how difficult it can be to transition into an adolescent. Charlie has many difficulties in this book; he is in search of his identity and how to fit in.
“Babies”. Is a documentary made by the Thomas Balmés. It offers a window on the lives of four infants in four completely different cultures. This is not a usual kind of documentary; there are no narration, no subtitles and actual dialogue was very minimal. The film explores childhood rituals, enculturation, socialization and parenthood. I will try to explore each of these themes and try to make the case that behaviors, values and fears are learned not something congenital. It has, in my opinion, comparative perspectives and different methods in rearing children in different societies. It achieves this by cutting the scenes in certain ways to show the differences between these different children. For example, in one part of the film, both Bayarjargal (the Mongolian child) and Mari (the Japanese child) were playing with their pet cats and then the two scenes were edited to a shot of Ponijo (the Namibian child) looking interested in flies. The four children developed in somewhat similar ways. However, there are differences in their behaviors due to the enculturation by seeing their parents or siblings who were doing what they thought to be the norms and the obvious landscape in which they are brought up. Two of the kids were born in rural areas (Namibia and Mongolia) and two were born in urban areas (the United States and Japan). The mothers of these infants were interviewed and chosen to be in the film
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The idea of childhood innocence is one that could be interpreted in many different ways. Yusef Komunyakaa’s “English”, Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron”, Peter Tait’s “Too much information destroys childhood innocence”, and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road are all pieces that demonstrate how childhood innocence is preserved. In “English”, Komunyakaa describes a boy who sees an airstrike during a war and thinks it is a celebration because no one has ever explained the concept of war to him. “Harrison Bergeron” demonstrates a society that is very conservative about the knowledge they allow its civilians to obtain. Peter Tait’s article on preserving childhood innocence exposes the truths about social media and the easy access kids
Early childhood education, although constantly evolving, was actually established and practiced as early on as the times of Ancient Greece and Rome. The foundation that early childhood education is based upon is to instill in children the skills needed to succeed later on in life, while making sure young children enjoy their time in schooling. Throughout chapter 3 in the textbook Who Am I in the Lives of Children, the reader is capable of evaluating just how greatly the methods for teaching today’s youth have evolved and changed for the better.
The target audience for this remediation is children around the ages of 5-8 at a reading level of 3. The purpose of this remediation is the idea that a classic story can be changed to suit the views of a child. This story tells about how children should not judge other children based on their gender, but on their personalities and similarities. The book mainly uses stereotypical versions of boys and...
Origin from a city in the north of Italy, the Reggio Emilia approach in Early Childhood Education is adopted by multi-countries over the past decades. This approach has a core philosophy, that children should play a leading role in education. Children are seen as full of knowledge and intelligence, with full capabilities to express themselves if only given the proper ways to do to so. They are protagonists of their own learning and have a say in what topics and problems they will study and research. Teachers provide resources to assistant children’s learning and developing. The curriculum is emergent, meaning the teachers choose topics and projects based on careful listening and observations of their student’s interests, needs and inquiries. Children are encouraged to use materials and media to demonstrate their learning and understanding of a topic or project. Documentations and environment have direct influences in helping children’s learning. Parents and community also play a supportive role in children education (O.E.C.D, 2004).
For 12 weeks I observed a young pre-schooler Child C aged 31/2 years old, through my account I would give an observer’s view of Child C, three theories peculiar to Child C and my the emotions evoked in me as an observer. My observation assisted in my understanding of the changes in Child C as the week progressed over the 12 weeks.
In the library profession, information professionals to have sets of guidelines to govern their actions within the library. For Reference librarians, the Reference and User Services Association [RUSA] (2013) created the Guidelines for Behavioral Performance of Reference and Information Service Providers. These guidelines cover multiple elements of the reference interview, from approachability of the librarian and the search process, to the follow-up of the interview. The guidelines are separated into three sections; general. In person, and remote.
This naturalistic observation studied the developmental process of a five-year-old girl, while in the setting of a daycare. In the classroom, the girl and a few other students were mainly learning and playing. So, based on the observation, the girl exhibited appropriate developmental process for her age. When the girl was hit by her friend, her response indicated that she is in the pre-conventional stage of Kohlberg’s moral development theory. In addition, the girl displayed an awareness of gender identity and gender stereotypes based on external attributes and her play tactics. Moreover, the girl’s behavior suggested that she is in Piaget’s pre-operational stage of cognitive development. Therefore, the observation of the girl’s behavior demonstrated that she is developing properly based on her moral reasoning, concepts of gender, and cognitive development stage.
While the Holocaust may have ended, it’s methods erased, the same effects are showing up in the children of yesterday, today and tomorrow. The loss of children's innocence has occurred thought history through different events such as the Holocaust or a family issue, but overall the cause is the same, the child has had to grow up too fast. Innocence can be described many different ways, but the underlying meaning is always the purity a child poses before the world poisons them. A picture drawn by a 13 year old inmate by the name of Helga Weissova, an article called “Protecting Our Children's Innocence” from present day by Joe Turnham and a film by the name of Life Is Beautiful written by Roberto Benigni are all examples of how children grow
Children live in a world designed for them by adults. The two cultures, child’s culture and adult’s culture exist side-by-side. As the children eventually mature into the adult world, they grow up learning the structure of what is expected of them. As children challenge the authority or expectations, they are battling the construction that was predetermined by the adults. Children have to live in a world where they are living in the structure, as well as being active agents. The two combating ideas are one component that makes growing up a difficult learning experience.
The main concept of Jean Piaget’s theory is that he believes in children being a scientist by experimenting things and making observations with their senses. This approach emphasizes on how children’s ability can make sense of their immediate everyday surroundings. Piaget also proposed that children perceived to four stages based on maturation and experiences. Piaget’s theory was guided by assumptions of how a learner interacts with their own environment and how they integrate new knowledge and information into existing knowledge. Briefly, he proposed that children are active learners who construct knowledge from their own environment. They learn through assimilation and accommodation in complex cognitive development. Furthermore, interaction with physical and social environments is the key and development occurs in stages. An example of Jean Piaget theory carried out in the classroom is that giving children a great deal of hands-on practice, by using concrete props and visual aids. Taking into consideration and being sensitive to the possibility that
In addition to identify with their parents, preschool-age children are developing locomotion, language skills, curiosity, imagination, and the ability to set goals. Initiative versus guilt explains that children begin to move around more easily and vigorously and as their genital interest awakens, they adopt an intrusive head-on mode of approaching the world. Although they begin to adopt initiative in their selection and pursuit to set goals. The conflict between initiative and guilt becomes the dominant psychosocial crisis of the play age. The challenge of this stage must engage to their surrounding including people outside the family. On the other part the Failure of this stage experience guilt at failing to meet the expectations of the parent and other. Also according to Jean Piaget’s on Cognitive theory at his Preoperational stage, memory or remembering events/objects start at the same time as language. But during this stage, children have not yet developed logical thinking necessary to do specific operations. Also in his theory include that children use only semiotic thinking (using signs and symbols in language). And this stage begin to understand the relationship between an object and the word that represents it quickly discover the