Category: Education

Discuss what learned about yourself, about teaching, about child development?

This assignment is suppose to be one video per page, given that there should be 10 videos, the assignment is 10 pages long. The videos should be on a classroom of kindergarten – 1st grade on a teacher’s way of teaching the children.

This assignment has two components:

1. Video Review: Review various instructional videos in the area of Early Childhood Instruction. Create a summary of the video including demographics – ages of children, gender, type of classroom, instructional environment, the number of adults, etc. Then discuss the strategies being utilized that reflect the various learning Theories studied. Write a reflection discussing how this video aligns with the Professional Standards for Teachers; discuss what learned about yourself, about teaching, about child development?

2. Article Review: Read articles in the area of child development and educational strategies. Write an article review summarizing and discuss the topics, ideas presented in the article. Write a reflection discussing how this article aligns with the Professional Standards for Teachers; Discuss what learned about yourself, about teaching, about child development?

 

Wright (2011) Between ‘Bastard’ and ‘Wicked’ leadership? School leadership and the emerging policies of the UK Coalition Government.

 

The Assignment

• Critique of Policy in area of Leadership and Management: Paper to be presented orally (10 minutes plus 5 minutes Question & Answer) with a supporting portfolio. (5000 words equivalent) (100% weighting).

The details
• Educational Leaders have the challenging task of mediating and filtering policy from government into their organisations in a thoughtful way.
• As we will see, this process can impact on organisations and individuals in a range of ways. Some themes of impact include: purpose, Pedagogy, provision and personnel.
• All of this links to the role of educational leaders which need to be central to your presentation.
• Your task is to choose one specific policy and critique it with reference to these themes of impact and the broader role of educational leaders.Resources of interest (all on BBL)
• Hall (1993)Policy Paradigms, Social Learning, and the State: The Case of Economic Policy making in Britain.
• Lewis (2018) Policy and the image of the child: a critical analysis of drivers and levers in English early years curriculum policy.
• Wright (2011) Between ‘Bastard’ and ‘Wicked’ leadership? School leadership and the emerging policies of the UK Coalition Government.