Ruslans Vanags
Beijing China
EMTTA
RESOURCE FILE INDENTIFICATION SHEET
NAME: RUSLANS VANAGS
Early Childhood (2.5 – 6)
Individually written
Mobile phone #: 13521868506
Email: zohan_lv@163.lv
RESOURCE FILE for Environmental Research
DATE SUBMITTED: October 30, 2014.
Table of Content:
Purpose of the Environmental Research 3
Introduction to my classroom environmental qualities 4
Classroom detailed plan (before changes) 9
My data (observation logs before changes) 10
Observation focuses (working well and requiring changes) 13
“Environmental changes” - team discussion 14
Post changes data (observation logs) 20
Classroom detailed plan (after changes) 22
Effect of the changes 23
Summary 27
Reflection on a project 28
References 29
Purpose of the Environmental research
“The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult. ”
Maria Montessori, The Secret of Childhood (267)
“Whereas learning within the traditional industrial model of education is viewed as passive activity in which students obtain information, learning could also be an activity which involves the continual negotiation of people with each other and with the resources of the environment.”
Dyck, J. A., The case for the L-shaped classroom
Based on the environmental qualities of the room that is giving to me I had to prepare Montessori classroom for a new 2014-2015 school year for the children mixed age groups 2 ½ - 6 years old. I’ve spend five days to move the furniture and materials from the former classroom and MIA storage into my new room. Luckily I wasn’t creating classroom environment from the scratch, but with the help of full of wisdom theories and methods of Maria Montessori’s “prepared environment”. I wanted to build a house for the children, taking into consideration their needs and abilities; the house that will maximize
EMTTA
RESOURCE FILE INDENTIFICATION SHEET
NAME: RUSLANS VANAGS
Early Childhood (2.5 – 6)
Individually written
Mobile phone #: 13521868506
Email: zohan_lv@163.lv
RESOURCE FILE for Environmental Research
DATE SUBMITTED: October 30, 2014.
Table of Content:
Purpose of the Environmental Research 3
Introduction to my classroom environmental qualities 4
Classroom detailed plan (before changes) 9
My data (observation logs before changes) 10
Observation focuses (working well and requiring changes) 13
“Environmental changes” - team discussion 14
Post changes data (observation logs) 20
Classroom detailed plan (after changes) 22
Effect of the changes 23
Summary 27
Reflection on a project 28
References 29
Purpose of the Environmental research
“The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult. ”
Maria Montessori, The Secret of Childhood (267)
“Whereas learning within the traditional industrial model of education is viewed as passive activity in which students obtain information, learning could also be an activity which involves the continual negotiation of people with each other and with the resources of the environment.”
Dyck, J. A., The case for the L-shaped classroom
Based on the environmental qualities of the room that is giving to me I had to prepare Montessori classroom for a new 2014-2015 school year for the children mixed age groups 2 ½ - 6 years old. I’ve spend five days to move the furniture and materials from the former classroom and MIA storage into my new room. Luckily I wasn’t creating classroom environment from the scratch, but with the help of full of wisdom theories and methods of Maria Montessori’s “prepared environment”. I wanted to build a house for the children, taking into consideration their needs and abilities; the house that will maximize
References: Dyck, J. A. (1994, November). The case for the L-shaped classroom: Does the shape of a classroom affect the quality of the learning that goes inside it? In Principle Magazine, pp. 41-45. Lippman, P. C. (2002, October). Understanding activity settings in relationship to the design of learning environments. CAE Quarterly Newsletter. AIA Committee on Architecture for Education. Greeno, J. G. (1998, January). The situativity of knowing, learning, and research. American Psychological Association, Inc. Vol. 53, No. 1, 5 - 26. Design Share Awards www.Designshare.com Maria Montessori, The Secret of Childhood (267) http://www.ourmontessorihome.com/2011/07/what-is-a-prepared-environment/ “Why optimism is always a safest bet” Marc Anderssen. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/marc-andreessen-in-conversation.html Meyers-Levy “The Influence of Ceiling Height: The Effect of Priming on the Type of Processing People Use” Consumer Research journal.