Phillip Ashley 7/06/15 Explain the functions of assessment in learning and development – include initial‚ formative and summative assessment. (1.1) The fundamental function of assessment in learning and development is to ensure that learning has taken place. The role of the assessor is to evaluate the nature‚ ability or quality of a candidate against a set of criteria (informal) or to check that legal standards have been met (formal). The first step is to conduct an initial assessment at
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Describe and Explain the Role of the Early Years Practitioner in Supporting Children’s Moral and Spiritual Development. Spiritual and moral development for a child is about the mental attitude of the child over moral matters. It helps children deal with challenging experiences‚ such as the death of a loved one. It teaches them right from wrong‚ and helps them learn to respect others. In an early years setting‚ Religious Studies would teach children about spirituality and morality. Religious
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entitlement and provision for early year’s education There are many different types of early year’s provision which has been funded by the government for early years education. All three and four year olds are entitled to 15 hours of free early year’s education entitlement per week across the 38 weeks of the annual year. Theirs are five different settings where Parents can choose to give their child for their Free EY Entitlement they are: •Pre-school playgroup-. It is an early childhood program in which
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TQ4 Teaching and Learning approaches (Ass. Crit. 2.1) Education is an ever-changing part of society. A teacher is faced with new challenges and difficulty that have never been dealt with before. Learners come with different life stories. Every student has strengths and weaknesses that reflect in the group. As a Teacher I must understand and focus on utilizing each student ’s strengths and work to improve weaknesses. Learners learn in a variety of ways and from one another. The ideas and view each
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In section 7‚ we chat on the physical and intellectual advancement in Early Childhood. As youngsters develop and change the normal kid grows 21/2 crawls in tallness and picks up in the vicinity of 5 and 7 pounds every year amid early youth. Each kid development design shift exclusively and a portion of the cerebrum inside changes in early adolescence are because of myelination. Its demonstrates that specialists prescribe that youthful kids get 11 to 13 hours of rest every night. With regards to nourishment
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Television and language development in the early years: a review of the literature March 2004 Contents Preface Executive Summary 1 Introduction 2 Review findings 2.1 The relationship between television and language development in the early years 2.1.1 Children’s television Attention and comprehension Vocabulary development Expressive language development Grammar development Pre-literacy skills: phonological awareness‚ narrative and storytelling‚ knowledge of literacy
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Early Learning Standards The cognitive domain addresses a child’s ability to problem solve and express themselves. Children first develop cognitively by seeing and tasting things. Talking to them is also essential to their cognitive development. Later on‚ children add to their cognition when they begin to count and learn colors . Furthermore‚ young children often learn through cause and effect. For example‚ if a child throws a bouncy ball it will bounce. Activities in this domain include pushing
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Assessment in the Early Years Dr. A. Bakshi Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale (BNAS) Individual test For infants between 3 days and 8 weeks of age Index of a newborn’s competence Developed in 1973 by a Howard pediatrician‚ Dr. T. Berry Brazelton and his colleagues. Produces 47 scores: 27 behavioral items and 20 elicited responses BNAS: Special Contributions When the Scale was published in the early 1970s‚ people were just beginning to appreciate the infant ’s full breadth of capabilities
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Supporting Inclusion in the Early Years brief summary Background Warnock Report (DES 1978) significant landmark in special education stating that the purpose of education for all children is the same‚ the goals are the same‚ but the help individual children need in progressing towards them will be different. The Children Act (1989) and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 both defined disability as:-- "A child is disabled if he is blind‚ deaf‚ or dumb or suffers from a mental disorder
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Child care workers have a big role in supporting children’s moral and spiritual development as they are professionals they also play a part in being a role model to the children which links into their moral and spiritual development. Spiritual and moral development for a child is about the mental attitude of the child over moral matters. It’s important that the children develops their moral and spiritual as it can teach them to respect others and teach them the difference between what is right to
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