Observation Of Early Childhood Education

In Early Childhood Education 101 I learned a lot of new information. One major topic that gave me a better understanding when it comes to being a provider or teacher was chapter 5 Observation, Assessment, and Documentation. In a past education class that I have taken, we had to spend 30hr observing a classroom and teacher. Now after taking this class I feel that my observation was not done the correct way. I have learned that when documenting what I have observed, I am to write down exaely what I see and not what I think is going one. It had been a few time when I would document what I interpret was going on in the child’s head and not what I seen right in front of me. Observing a teacher was something new for me as well because at first I