Project #2: Child Observation February 24‚ 2011 Observation Write-up: For this project I observed a 6 year old boy named Michael. Michael is a good friend of my son Dylan and our families are somewhat close‚ it had been sometime since our last visit together when we arranged a play date for the purpose of this project. We chose to go up to the mountains to play in the snow. Our two families drove in separate cars and upon arriving at our destination we greeted
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patience for raising an elementary schooler‚ especially now that her other two children have moved out. Kim and her children are very close to their family: Aunts‚ cousins‚ and grandparents all live in the same city so they see each other multiple times a week and provide a lot of support. When Ava was younger‚ she was a compulsive liar‚ making up ridiculous stories about her family members. More recent to my observations‚ Ava claimed she was
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Adrienne Lindsey PSYC 2314.01 Early Adulthood Observation Observation Date: Wednesday‚ March 27‚ 2013 Time: 5:00-8:00PM Location: Adults Home OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS Q was a 19 year old black male. He was in the Erickson’s intimacy vs. isolation stage. Areas of observation include physical‚ cognitive‚ and social/emotional development. Physical Development Q has reached maximum body growth and biological aging or senescence has begun. Biological ageing is “genetically
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Alex Fox Oxford Community Park Sunday‚ November 9th at 2:00 P.M. #10 Child Observation: 2:00 – Two children are playing at a playground with their parents in Oxford‚ Ohio. Child B is wearing a red shirt and long pants. Child S is wearing a hoodie and long pants as well. 2:03 – Child S is climbing on the playground equipment with her friend Child B‚ they move around the playground. 2:06 – Child S yells for her mom to look at her walking across a balance beam and her mom tells her to be careful‚
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The common research method of naturalistic observation involves watching children in their natural environment. There are two types of naturalistic observation methods‚ structured and unstructured. I choose to do the unstructured because; “An unstructured observation involves writing everything down as it happened‚ usually through a diary method or digital recording” (The Importance of Naturalistic Observations in Psychology‚ 2011‚ para. 2). Being able to observe a child in their natural environment
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Preschool Facility Observation Paper On September 14th‚ 2015 I observed a classroom at Weslie Way Preschool. The preschool classroom consisted of six students‚ but only five of them were present on the day that I did my observation. The group consisted of two girls and three boys that were all four years old. Later on in my observation‚ a firefighter came to talk to the students about fire safety. During this time period‚ all of the classes in the school gathered together outside. I was able to
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Introduction In this report‚ I will describe a teacher and her students in an observation I did in a 8th grade of Liceo de San Miguel in Desamparados which is known as a problematic high school due to constantly problems of drugs and alcohol in some of its students. The purpose of this report is to reflect on the teacher’s class organization strategies and class environment in relation with what I have learned in the class of Didactics 1 from the professor Jonnathan Elizondo in the U.I.A. Throughout
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Child Observations Physical Development Cognitive Development Language Development Emotional Development Social Development Contents Observation No. 001 - Physical Development. 3 Evaluation 5 Recommendations: 5 Personal learning gained: 5 Observation No. 002 - Cognitive Development. 6 Evaluation 9 Recommendations: 9 Personal learning gained: 9 Observation No. 003 - Language Development. 10 Evaluation 12 Recommendations: 13 Personal learning gained: 13 Observation
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‘Man is not truly one‚ but truly two’. Discuss this observation on human nature in relation to the literature you have studied this term. For many centuries now many people as well as philosophers have wondered what factors make up human nature and the human mind along with its thinking. Man is truly a complex ‘individual’‚ as every man has their own reasons for living‚ and the many reasons they have for doing what it is that they do. Has human beings we posses certain characteristics‚ and
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Observation is the best tool we have to understand how children are learning and developing around us. Other than in a classroom environment‚ we can sit in cafes or listen to conversations taking place on a train. However‚ this essay will recognize the importance of observations in an institutional early years setting. It will then go on to reflect upon values‚ ethics and professionalism as we use these different strategies for observation. This essay will also consider the suitability for certain
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