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engage in pretend and imaginary play‚ they are demonstrating growth and development in all domains. “In the play the child always behaves beyond his average age‚ above his daily behavior; in play it is though he were a head taller than himself” (Vygotsky‚ 1978‚ p 102). During my month’s observation on the child that I was focused on‚ who was in my class‚ I noticed the impact of the play and its outcome in his behavior. He put five Lego cubes on a wheeled Lego and said‚ “I put an ice cream on the
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classroom plan. Preschool education is very important because this is their first experience towards twelve years of grade school. The knowledge they gather will increase as they grow and development. Preschool children are depending on their teachers’ to provide them with as much useful information as possible for them to succeed to the next level. As preschool children goes through different stages of development‚ they will start to realize how importance of their education. At a preschool level‚ they
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Student-centred learning (or student-centered learning; also called child-centred learning) is an approach to education focusing on the needs of the students‚ rather than those of others involved in the educational process‚ such as teachers and administrators. This approach has many implications for the design of curriculum‚ course content‚ and interactivity of courses. For instance‚ a student-centred course may address the needs of a particular student audience to learn how to solve some job-related
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RUNNING HEAD: DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONAL CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT Question 1: Describe your personal classroom management/engagement plan DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONAL CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT Abstract Classroom management is such a broad topic‚ it can be as simplistic as the way a classroom functions‚ or as complex as the influences of environment to learning. Through procedures‚ facilitation‚ and planning students can learn
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värd - en källa att ösa ur!’ Svenske førskolelærarar om sentrale aspekt ved den svenske nasjonale planen. Alvestad‚ M. (2004b). Preschool teachers’ understandings of some aspects of educational planning and practice related to the national curricula in Norway. Alvestad‚ M. (2004c). Årsplanar i barnehagen – intensjonar og realitetar i praksis? [Annual plans in preschool – intentions and realities in practice?] Norsk Alvestad‚ M. & Berge‚ A. (2009). Svenske førskolelærere om sider ved læring i planlegging
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draws upon the thoughts‚ ideas and conclusions of the Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE 2003) and Researching Effective Pedagogy in the Early Years (REPEY 2002) documents and those of significant theorists including Bowlby‚ Bruner and Vygotsky and alternative educational approaches such as High-scope borne from the USA and Te Whariki from New Zealand. Additionally it reflects on the authors personal experiences of working as a practitioner in different early years settings and also working
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functional adults (Holt‚ 2007). As an experienced teacher‚ Weikart took a hard look at best practice and current educational theories. He wanted to discover a preschool curriculum that would generate better academic outcomes in later years and equip children to deal successfully with life as adults. With colleagues‚ Weikart initiated an experimental preschool programme‚ comparing the progress of his children with a control group of the same age kept at home. Thus the construction of the framework known as
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they can make one thing stand for another. He thought that the best way for children to try out symbolic behaviour was in their play. He thought that as they pretend and imagine things‚ children show their highest level of learning. Similarly to Vygotsky he thought that children’s best thinking is done when they are playing. He also designed various items and activities to help symbolic behaviour. He encouraged children to draw‚ make collages and model with clay. He encouraged play with special
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Chapter II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE A brief description of some related literature and study are hereby presented to provide more insights on the problems under the study. Foreign Literature The Understanding by Design framework (UbD™ framework) offers a plan ning process and structure to guide curriculum‚ assessment‚ and instruction. Its two key ideas are contained in the title: 1) focus on teaching and assessing for understanding and learning transfer‚ and 2) design curriculum “backward”
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