Child Observation I recently observed a "child" involved in two different types of activities‚ at different times of the day. The first activity was "Teacher-Initiated"‚ and the second "Child-Initiated". The purpose of this observation is to compare and contrast the child’s development and behavior between the two different contexts. Through observation I found that although both activities were rich in challenge and learning opportunity‚ the child’s behavior is different‚ but demonstrates
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This essay looks at the role of observation in early childhood care and education. It will discuss and examine this role throughout. To work effectively and successfully with children‚ you must know how to understand them. Developing the skill of observing children and interpreting what you have observed by using reference to your knowledge is the main task. It is by closely observing behaviour that you come to understand the theoretical information derived from research studies into children and
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I observed two four year old boys in a vacant preschool classroom on a Sunday morning while their parents were in a meeting. By observing two boys approximately the same age‚ I was able to compare their developmental differences and see how they interacted and played together. Liam‚ who is about to turn four in November‚ was eager to tell me all about his Batman themed birthday party and his new light up tennis shoes when I meet with him to do the experiment‚ but to Liam I was just there to play
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KNPE-245 CHILD OBSERVATION PAPER The aim of this paper is to describe a 60 minute child observation with regards to the affective‚ cognitive and psychomotor domain. BACKGROUND OF THE CHILD The child chosen for this observation paper is a Mexican boy named Julian (age 7 to 8). He was in the park with his whole family: parents (in their late 20’s)‚ older brother Renato (10) and younger sister Sylvia (3). I thought he was the perfect candidate because I could observe the interaction between
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Naturalistic Observation It was 3 o’clock in the afternoon. I was observing the children playing in the a small playground in the southern campus. The unexpected sunshine makes everything beatiful today. There are lots of equipments here for children to entertain‚ such as swing‚ slide‚ see saw‚ spring rider‚ which remind me my childhood‚ too. Since today is Thursday‚ the number of children is less than usual. However‚ at least I had some children to observe. I focused on the twins‚ Steve and Bela
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Child Observation Reflection This was a laboratory study in the sense that you wouldn’t normally find a child in a college classroom. A laboratory study means that it is a “research investigation conducted in a controlled setting explicitly designed to hold events constant” (Feldman 1.3). At the same time it was a naturalistic observation because some “naturally occurring behavior is observed without intervention in the situation” (Feldman 1.3). Mrs. Cipriano would intervene by playing with
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background Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was actually not a psychologist at first; he dedicated his time to mollusc research. In fact‚ by the time he was 21 he’d already published twenty scientific papers on them! He soon moved to Paris‚ and got a job interviewing mental patients. Before long‚ he was working for Alfred Binet‚ and refining Burt’s reasoning test. During his time working at Binet’s lab‚ he studied the way that children reasoned. After two years of working with children‚ Piaget finally realised
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Observing a child in the classroom setting does not stop at behavior. Observations must be made of the child’s thinking processes as well. These observations will allow the teacher to see if the child has misconceptions about certain aspects of life‚ if he or she relies heavily on concrete objects or experiences to understand ideas and learn‚ etc. The thinking process of a child can also clue teachers in on whether or not the child is learning from and making sense of their environment. There are
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Time Sample Observation Form Observer’s Name: Child’s Name: Context (what is happening during observation): FREE PLAY-OUTSIDE TIME Number of Children in room at time of observation: 14 Teacher to Child Ratio during observation: 1 TO 12- 2 TEACHERS Child Behavior Identified for Observation: _____________________________________________________________________________________ Start Time|End Time|Area Child Is In|What Child is doing|Describe Incident/eventComments| 10:00
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Subject: 1 Year Old Boy Location: Toy room Concept: play‚ Language‚ sense of self‚ empathy It was playtime for the one year old boy. There were all sorts of toys. The playroom was very small. There was a huge toy chest full to the top with toys. On the wall there was a body length mirror. This was the little boys favorite place to play. He would also play with some of the other toys like blocks‚ cars‚ stuffed animals and other things. No matter what he grabbed he always brought it in front
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