Observation and Child
Portfolio of Child Observations | 1
The Brief:
Observation report instructions: carry out three observations of the same child, one must be timed, one written and the other your own choice.
In all the observations you must look at the child 's physical, language, and social skills and ultimately their overall cognitive development. The report must be written up in the format: abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion and analysis. In the discussion and analysis you must tie together what you have observed with the theory of what would be expected of a child of the appropriate age. The report must contain the following:
Abstract: where you outline briefly what you did and why, what you found and the recommendations, Introduction: include information about the child observed, discuss the reasons for observing, assessing young children, ethical considerations, the use of norms, cultural bias etc.
Methods: where you explain the methods used, reasons for choice, limitations, strengths and weaknesses.
Results: evaluate the child 's holistic development, list the three areas of development, physical, social and language, discuss the links between these areas,
refer to the stages of development and child development theory in making your judgments. Discussion: summarize your findings, make recommendations for the child 's learning and development.
Bibliography
Overall: mention why is it important to observe young children, what might the information be used for? What rights does the child have when being observed.
Abstract
Observation is a popular research tool that is used to study the behaviour of children; renowned theorists such as Vygotsky, Piaget, and many more child physiologists have used this tool for their research, allowing them to come up with significant insights, resulting in theories that continue to influence psychology and education today.
Observation has been one of the best tools for research.
The Brief:
Observation report instructions: carry out three observations of the same child, one must be timed, one written and the other your own choice.
In all the observations you must look at the child 's physical, language, and social skills and ultimately their overall cognitive development. The report must be written up in the format: abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion and analysis. In the discussion and analysis you must tie together what you have observed with the theory of what would be expected of a child of the appropriate age. The report must contain the following:
Abstract: where you outline briefly what you did and why, what you found and the recommendations, Introduction: include information about the child observed, discuss the reasons for observing, assessing young children, ethical considerations, the use of norms, cultural bias etc.
Methods: where you explain the methods used, reasons for choice, limitations, strengths and weaknesses.
Results: evaluate the child 's holistic development, list the three areas of development, physical, social and language, discuss the links between these areas,
refer to the stages of development and child development theory in making your judgments. Discussion: summarize your findings, make recommendations for the child 's learning and development.
Bibliography
Overall: mention why is it important to observe young children, what might the information be used for? What rights does the child have when being observed.
Abstract
Observation is a popular research tool that is used to study the behaviour of children; renowned theorists such as Vygotsky, Piaget, and many more child physiologists have used this tool for their research, allowing them to come up with significant insights, resulting in theories that continue to influence psychology and education today.
Observation has been one of the best tools for research.
Bibliography: Pahl, K. (1999) Transformations: Meaning Making in Nursery Education. Stoke on Trent: Trentham Books. 172-183. Retrieved on February 11, 2008 from http://links.jstor.org/sici? sici=0013-5984%28198811%2989%3A2%3C172%3ADAAORA