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Early Childhood Development Learning and Teaching

Instructions

To complete your assessment task, follow the below instructions.

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The first section is a 500-word summary of your emerging understanding of the image of child as capable and competent with reference to major theories and contemporary research within the context of early childhood education. You will need to reference at least 2 different sources (theory and/or literature).

The second section is a table for observation and analysis. You are also expected to write an observation from the listed video and analyze how the example demonstrates children's capabilities and competence. Please use strength-based language in both the observation and analysis. Your observation and analysis should reflect your image of the child/children and how you understand them. Get assignment help services from verified experts!

1 purposefully written observation in strength-based language that clearly highlights children's learning captured in the video supported by concrete factual evidence.

You will be using the videos provided below to observe children and complete your observations. Choose one (1) video from the list and write one (1) observation.

Analysis draws on a range of sources of information including early childhood theories and academic literature to interpret the observation to elaborate how does the captured moments demonstrate children's capability and competence by identifying learning opportunities observed, children's, strengths and capabilities, and learning dispositions.
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Child as Capable and Competent
Write: Demonstrate your emerging image of the child as capable and competent (500 words)
Refer to at least 2 different sources (theory and/or literature).

Observation and Analysis
Collect Information - Observation
Briefly records evidence of a child (or group of children) engaged in an activity that demonstrates child learning.
Guiding question: What do you observe or notice ? Evidence of what the child: does, says, makes, writes, draws etc (descriptive)
Ues of descriptive evidence based language & strength based language.
Video Name:

Question and Analyse -Analysis
Analyse the observation (descriptive information) to clarify children strengthens, disposition for Learning, prior/existing knowledge & skills
Guiding questions: What, whyand how children are learning from the observation? How does the observation demonstrate children's capability and competence?
Reference to theories, academic literature and contemporary research.