Her approach to early education was developed around schemas. She believed “a pattern of repeated actions. Clusters of schemas developed into later concepts” Another key element of Tina Bruce Theory is ‘free flow’ play. She believed children learn better from first hand experiences, developing rules and props, freely chosen activity, rehearsing recent learning or celebrating learning, imagining the future, pretending and co-ordinated ideas and feelings. Tina Bruce’s theory was put into practice with the twelve features of play, some of these are: • Children make up their own rules while they play.
It is about enjoying and learning from the process rather than an end result. It is useful for many reasons, Developing confidence, developing relationships, team work and concentration. 1.2 Explain current theoretical approaches to creativity and creative learning in early childhood. There are many theoretical approaches that aim to explain creativity and creative learning. Most theories of child development view young children as highly creative with a natural tendency to fantasize experiment and explore their physical and conceptual environment.
Caula Rogers Eng-105 English Composition 1 03/30/2014 Dr. Victoria Smith Impact of ADHD on a Child’s Schooling Children with ADHD generally have trouble in school, only because school causes many trials for children with ADHD. ADHD is not a learning disorder; however it can cause children to have problems with learning. Furthermore, children with ADHD have an excessive rate of learning disorders and will have problems with other school-work like calculation and following a long with his/her teacher during direct instructional time. But with enduring and an efficient plan, the child will be capable of succeeding in the classroom. ADHD negatively can affect a child’s social and emotional behavior and the ability to control them in a positive manner in a school environment.
Psychology Today: Beautiful Minds (2012, March 6). Summary of the article. How the article relates to class material (book, power points, discussion forums). Conclusion a.Why is the topic of make believe play important in society today. Taylor 2 Make believe play or pretend play is defined in our text as “a unique, broadly influenced zone of proximal development in which children try out a wide variety of challenging activities and acquire many new competencies” (Berk, 2010 p.181).
Some children who have arrived from another country where formal education begins later may also find their intellectual development affected as they have had no previous education but could also affect their emotional and behavioural development if they feel they are not able to do what others have already learnt to do. Schools will often put appropriate support in place for children in these situations. Abuse/Neglect - If a child has suffered from any abuse or neglect it will almost certainly affect the
North Carolina schools are probably not very different in their efforts to move toward becoming more diverse and socially just educational institutions than any other state. I feel that there are such demands on the public education system today. And schools alone cannot be solely responsible for the demands that are being placed on them. Parents and the community at large need to work together with educators to help all students succeed. Teachers and administrators recognize, of course, that children bring a plethora of issues with them to the classroom these days...drugs, gangs, violence, family dissolution and stress, financial hardship, and social discrepancy.
When students are required to learn a long list of facts, they lose the freedom to choose what, or how, they will learn. When presented with high content standards, students’ differences in ability, learning styles and interests are often marginalized. As Alfie Kohn states, “The current approach taken by the proponents of Tougher Standards is incompatible with personalized learning and with the interests of kids at the margins, and, ultimately, I think it is incompatible with excellence.” (Kohn, 1999) A typical content standard begins, “All students will be able to . . .” so, even before you look at the expectations, you see that the standards are uniform.
Play provision should actively include the widest range of children and seek to engage with those from minority groups. Adults should let children play Parents, carers and other adults can support children and young people’s play by respecting the value and importance of all types of play, playing with their children and by creating opportunities and allowing time for children to play independently with their friends, inside and outside the
‘’The positive relationships are: warn and loving, and foster a sense of belonging… supportive of the child’s own efforts and independence’’ ( EYFS , pg 2). Third theme is an Enabling Environments; this means children learn and develop in good environments. Children’s experience responds to their need. Fourth theme is Learning and Development; this means that all children learn different. Frameworks include the education and care of all children in early year’s settings with special needs or
A wide range of students often struggles to make academic and/or social progress and will require the supports or accommodations provided with inclusive programs. According to the evidence available, all children are said to benefit from the inclusive education program. Inclusion is beneficial for many reasons. It allows the students to develop newly established strengths with appropriate expectations for each of the students. The students also become able to work on individual goals while also participating in the classroom community with their peers.