Child Observation Background The child that I chose to observe was a nine year old boy that I will refer to as Dan. Dan is a highly gifted child who‚ unfortunately‚ suffers from cerebral palsy‚ as well as panic attacks. His parents are divorced and he lives with his mother‚ who has remarried. His father who also has remarried‚ does have contact with him‚ though the relationship is somewhat strained. He comes from an upper middle class background‚ and has no brothers or sisters. I observed Dan
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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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son‚ with his girlfriend of almost 6-years. I chose to do a naturalistic observation‚ watching him interact with his older sister who is 6-years old. Aiden is of average height and weight for a boy his age (world‚ 2008). He receives good grades in school and is a well-behaved child. Aiden currently lives with his mother‚ father‚ and 6 –year-old sister. The house they live in is a three-bedroom‚ with a large backyard. Each child has their own bedroom and get to express themselves daily. The mother
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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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large head and stubby limbs but she’s grown up now to be very lean. She is not chubby nor way too skinny. According to our textbook‚ “The Developing Person Through the Lifespan”‚ Faustine’s physical growth is normal. By the age of six‚ the average child weighs between forty and fifty pounds and is at least 3 ½ feet tall. They have adult like body proportions which means that their legs constitute about half their total height and they are usually lean considering children around ages five and six
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for about five minutes‚ his mother told him that it wasn’t his turn to shut the car door and that he could do it when she picked him up from daycare. Sean then threw himself onto the floor on his back‚ kicking his legs up and down repeatedly. His teacher told Seans’ mother that she could go ahead and leave‚ that they would take care of it from there. Once Sean’s mother left the building‚ he continued to throw a kicking fit‚ screaming “I want to shut the door‚” for about another minute. When he saw
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over to the mirror. He wanted to see what that emotion looked like. Somehow the mirror always made things better. The one year old plays in the mirror as if it is another child playing right along with him. The boy waves bye bye and hello to himself in the mirror. He also moves his mouth and other body parts in the mirror. The child walks over to the toy chest and starts throwing toys on to the floor then finally finds the toy he was looking for. The toy is a microphone. He talks very loudly into
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I learned how the teachers set appropriate hands on activities and create environments for children to learn math‚ science and social study throughout their everyday life. It is also an integrated learning style‚ so all the inquiry subjects are connected. It is important to know that children are still preoperational stage according to Piaget. They use their five senses to learn things. It is not important if the child can count on hundred or not or they know how to write the numbers. I believe children
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tiered. Psychological changes for mother Expected/Experienced response : The mother had a fear of loosing her baby especially since she was loosing weight during her pregnancy. After she began to gain some weight the thought of loosing her child slowly disappeared. She also mentioned that she couldn’t stand the thought of her husband around her. She also felt overjoyed at the thought of knowing she would soon become a mother. Psychological changes for partner Expected/Experienced
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In a classroom‚ being committed to life-worlds pedagogy is important to every students’ success. Having a strong commitment to life-worlds means that in the classroom a child will be able to influence what happens next‚ the teacher gives lessons supporting the students’ stages of imaginative development‚ the interactions in the classroom are common and an important part of learning‚ making memorization less important‚ but being able to express an understanding more important‚ being culturally responsive
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