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Understanding the child in early childhood

Understanding the child in early childhood. Dr. Kanwal Kaisser. Contents. Learning and Early Experiences. Two processes that bring about change. Learning . A permanent change in behaviour that occurs as a result of experience Learning is dependent on a person ’ s environment.

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Understanding the child in early childhood

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  1. Understanding the child in early childhood Dr. Kanwal Kaisser

  2. Contents

  3. Learning and Early Experiences

  4. Two processes that bring about change

  5. Learning • A permanent change in behaviour that occurs as a result of experience • Learning is dependent on a person’s environment

  6. Critical periods for learning • If miss out – can still achieve but not as efficiently or effectively

  7. How important are early experiences? • Early experience is important • Most children who have a poor start in life often do not reach their potential

  8. Changing the environment • Poor environment can retard development • Later experience can partially change the course of development

  9. Predicting development • Be careful about making generalisations or predicting future development

  10. Understanding Development

  11. Domains/Areas of Development Momin Child

  12. Principles of Development • Development is orderly, not random. • Development is a continuous and gradual process. • Development is most rapid during the early stages of infancy and the adolescent years. • Not all children develop at the same pace. • Not all children possess the same temperament. • Development is a multi-faceted concept.

  13. Who and/or what influences a child’s growth and development?

  14. Cognitive and Social Development

  15. Important Factors That Impact the Developing Child • Biological Development • Environmental Influences

  16. Biological Development • A child’s abilities coincide with the development of his/her central nervous system (CNS), particularly the brain.

  17. Environmental Influences • Understand the balance between developmental limits and adult expectations (i.e. 2 year-old children cannot be taught how to read, but their language development can be enhanced by reading to them).

  18. Four Major Stages of Cognitive Development

  19. Five Major Stages of Psychosocial Development

  20. Preoperational Stage : (2-6/7 years) • Developing ability to manipulate images and symbols, especially language. • Play becomes key in learning. • Begin to see use of symbolism in pretend play • Child’s view of the world is egocentric. • Logical organization of thoughts remains undeveloped

  21. Initiative Vs. Guilt (2-6 Years) • Description: • Children begin to interact with environment in more “adult like” manner as motor and language skills develop. They learn to maintain an eagerness for adventure and play, while learning to control impulsive behavior. • Positive outcome: • If adults are encouraging, but consistent in discipline, children will learn to accept concept of right/wrong without guilt, and not feel shame when using their imagination and engaging in fantasy play. • Negative outcome: • If not, children may develop a sense of guilt and may come to believe that it is wrong to be independent.

  22. Ages 2-6/7 Preoperational Initiative Vs Guilt • Language development is prominent. • Fantasy/imaginary play becomes key in learning about and expressing their understanding of the world. • Child’s view of the world is egocentric. • Formal logic is not a part of their thinking. • Children begin to interact with environment using motor and language skills. • Impulse control is initiated by external structure. • Guilt can often stem from an egocentric understanding of the world around them.

  23. At 4 yrs • Enjoys jokes and silly games and loves showing off • Play still very important • Can still demonstrate stubbornness, aggression, and blaming others • A sense of past/future developing

  24. At 5 yrs • Becoming more independent and can be serious and realistic at times • Friendly & talkative to strangers • Becoming less frustrated and less angry

  25. At 6 yrs • Speech becomes more social, less egocentric. • Wants to be the "best" and "first." • Grasp of logical concepts in some areas. • Concepts formed are crude and irreversible. • Perceptions dominate judgment. • In moral-ethical realm, only uses simple do's and don'ts imposed by authority. • Has boundless energy. • May be oppositional, silly, brash, and critical. • Cries easily; shows a variety of tension-releasing behavior. • Is attached to the teacher. • Has difficulty being flexible.

  26. At 7yrs • Begin to calm down a bit.    • Begin to reason and concentrate. • Worry, are self-critical, and may express a lack of confidence. • Demand more of their teacher's time. • Dislike being singled out, even for praise.

  27. Building Positive Teacher-Child Relationships

  28. Why…for success in school • They result in: • Good peer interactions • Positive relationships with teachers • Lower levels of challenging behaviors • Higher levels of competence in school

  29. Activity 1: Greeting Children • Amna • Most days Amna has a difficult time entering the classroom. She clings to her mother and cries. The teacher often has to stop what she is doing and physically take Amna from her mother’s arms. After Amna’s mother leaves, Amna often sits in her cubby and watches as others engage in activities within the bustling classroom.

  30. Techniques to develop positive teacher-child relationships

  31. How can teachers develop positive teacher-child relationships?

  32. Developing Relationships with Children • Keep in mind: • Cultural, linguistic, and individual needs • Adapt strategies to unique child and family characteristics

  33. Challenges to developing positive Teacher-Child relationships

  34. Activity 2: What Could You Do? • Ahmed is a 3-year-old who has recently been to the zoo. He crawls around the classroom roaring and pretending to claw at other children. Yesterday he scratched one of the other children on the arm. Ahmed ignores the teacher’s attempts to involve him in the class, even though the teacher has prepared many interesting activities.

  35. Activity 3: Gallery of Ideas • Directions: Identify as many ideas as you can that will help teachers to develop positive teacher-child relationships in the following situation or classroom area. Continue brainstorming until you hear the signal. Switch sheets with another group. Write with the same color that you have been using.

  36. Helping Children Learn to Manage Their Own Behavior

  37. What is Self-Management? • Pay attention to their own behavior. • Use appropriate play and social interaction skills • Participate in classroom routines • Engage in instructional activities

  38. Steps to Self-Management • Assess child’s current level of self-management • Identify behaviors you want the child to learn to self-manage • Visually display behavior for the child • Guide the child to learn the desired behaviors and self-management system • Provide positive attention for using the self-monitoring system correctly

  39. Activity 1: Developing a Self-Management System • Saima asks the children in her class to put the art supplies away, put their art work on their tables, and gather together on the rug for story time. Haroon, a 4-year-old in her class, often leaves everything on the table and wanders around the room instead.

  40. Using Environmental Strategies to Promote Positive Social Interactions

  41. Ms. Rabia and Ms. Sadia’s Classroom • The 20 preschoolers in Classroom are busy during choice time. They are washing toys in the sensory table, playing with play dough, listening to books on tape, and making art projects. Five children are seated in bean bag chairs listening quietly to different books, while another 5 children are making paper cars with individual glue sticks, scissors, and boxes of crayons. • The 5 children at the sensory table are arguing over the two bottles and one multicolor water wheel. The remaining 5 children are fighting for the 3 plastic knives to cut the yellow play dough. The two teachers look around the room wondering why half the room is so quiet while the other half needs constant monitoring.

  42. Teaching tools/aids

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