Child Observation Essay Examples

In the last few days of Student Teacher Placement 1, I shift modes from being an active participant in the training environment to looking at the teacher’s actions and attitudes with the perspective of an evaluator of skills and practices that I may want to emulate for my own class. I took a list of…

For this assignment, the child I am observing for this assignment is a seven year old, African American, male. This child graduated from kindergarten in May and moved on to 1st grade in August of this year. The boy is due to attend elementary school in Lawrence Township with other neighborhood kids.The child primarily lives…

For this assignment, I observed a four year old male child of African American descent by the name of Nicholas at a local shopping center near my house. The shopping mall where I observed Nicholas is an extremely busy and crowded place. There was a play area in the mall that had a jungle-jim, slides,…

Abstract Literacy instruction is a critical pedagogical parameter in elementary classrooms subject to the students’ limited abilities. The teacher should be able to combine various teaching skills to nurture young learners’ reading and comprehension capabilities. This paper is based on an observation activity effected at the 99th Street Elementary School on Monday, November 5, 2018….

Parents with an autistic child may either notice it right away or take a while to observe the signs of it. The impact of noticing these symptoms on a child could have a severe and negative effect or consequence not only in the child itself but in the family and parents as well. When coping…

As I finished signing in the login sheet at the RCC Child Development Center I walked into the hallway and I stopped at Room 2. Immediately an energetic boy popped up out of his chair and caught my attention so I began to observe him. After he left the table he jogged over to the…

Background Information Homer lives at home with both of his parents and his sister August, 10, in a house in Staten Island., NY. Mr. O. works for the New York City Fire Department and Mrs. O. is a stay-at-home mom. While his father is at work, Homer spends most of his time with Mrs. O….

Barbara Rogoff based her Apprenticeship theory on Lew Vygotsky’s theory of Zone of Proximal Development and Bruner’s theory of the Spiral Curriculum and Scaffolding. She developed concept of Guided Participation as guidance and participation in cultural activities are crucial to children’s apprenticeship in thinking. She emphasises the role of adult, a guide who supports and…

Abstract As an educator, it is our responsibility to help our students grown and develop; This scan be done by a variety of observations. Th authors of this paper point out 9 different forms of observing and how these types of observations can help a student that may have a learning disability, reading deficit, or…

At the start of my Field Observation I was prepared to an extent as I have done these as well as internships in the past, however with each experience being so unique and rewarding in its own way I was still a bit apprehensive. Having the opportunity to not only get to know the children…