09 Jul Careers in Early Childhood Education

Part A

Using the majorobjectives identified in one of the four curricula discussed in Lesson 5(HighScope, Creative Curriculum, Core Knowledge, or Tools of the Mind), createa short learning opportunity for a 5-year-old child in the kindergarten classthat you teach.

• Begin by identifying three objectives that you might use for instruction.

• Once you have determined your objectives, determine what adaptations to the curriculum and to the environment you might make in order to reach these objectives.

• Next, write a plan of what special learning opportunities will prompt the child to explore and discover new ideas and that support reaching the three objectives chosen.

Part B

As a teacher,think about how technology could be used to help children in a preschool classunderstand the following three concepts: Understanding Change, Cause-and-EffectRelationships, and the Idea of a System (that a whole is composed of relatedparts that affect each other).

• Choose one of the three concepts, and develop a sequence of three lessons that focus on the concept you have chosen.

• Describe each of the three lessons. Make sure to incorporate the questions below by including your answers to each when describing the three lessons.

o  Howwill you intentionally plan for student learning?

o  Whatactivities will children engage in?

o  Whatmaterials will be used?

o  Howwill you know if your students understand the key concepts?

Part C

Imagine that youare a teachers aide in a classroom of 2^nd-grade children (7- to8-year-olds). In each of the following situations, describe the following.

1. The emotions the children involved might be experiencing
2. How you would use the strategies presented in the textbook to help the children become more aware of their own feelings and the feelings of others
3. How you would help them cope effectively with the situation

• Manual and Damien are playing in the sandbox. Manuel wants Damiens shovel, so he takes it. Damien begins to cry, but Manuel continues to play, unaffected. Damien comes running to you, saying, He took my shovel!

• Latoya has been standing watching the others climbing the rock wall. It seems as if shed like to join in, yet makes no move to do so.

• Tommy has a dilemma. He was just invited to a movie with Chuck, but his best friend, Mohammad, has not been asked to come and asks him to spend the night on the same date.

Part D

Ethics is one of themost fundamental qualities of a competent early childhood educator.  Individuals have their own personal viewsabout what they think is right or wrong and how they should behave. Examine theNational Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Code ofEthical Conduct () and create aconcept web identifying the core values, ideals, and principles of an educator,in your own words. Include your personal views.