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Time: 20 hours
Level: Advanced
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 Introduction Resource- This unit looks at how parents encourage the development of new skills in their children in the informal setting of the home. The use of video observation of small children by psychologists is analysed...
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| | 1 Teaching and learning relationships in early childhood
- 1 Teaching and learning relationships in early childhood Resource
- In this unit we will look at how children's early experiences with their caregivers and peers contribute to the learning of new skills and problem-solving strategies. We will pay special attention to the...
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| | 2 Cognitive socialisation and ‘good tuition’
- 2.1 Introduction Resource
- During his interview, Daniels expressed the opinion that Vygotsky's theory is attractive because it:
- 2.2 Levels of control Resource
- Vygotsky claimed that co-operation with a more able peer could also create a zone of proximal development (ZPD) within which a less experienced child can learn and develop. Owen clearly has had more experience...
- 2.3 Use of instructions and diagrams Resource
- If you now compare Video 1 with Video 2 it is apparent that in Video 2 both Owen and his mother, Megan, are helping Joe learn an important lesson of a very different kind (without consciously attempting...
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| | 3 The nature of effective instruction
- 3.1 Introduction Resource
- Read Chapter 9 of Cultural Worlds of Early Childhood, ‘Aspects of teaching and learning’, by David Wood, attached below. In this reading Wood addresses three main issues. First is the concept of ground...
- 3.2 Guided participation – a cultural perspective Resource
- So far, we've looked at some of the key concepts of a socio-cultural approach to teaching and learning, and explored various ways of analysing the interaction sequences on the video. While scaffolding...
- 3.3 Applying the concept of guided participation Resource
- Before leaving Rogoff's work, we'd like to look a little more closely at the analytic framework she calls guided participation. In Reading 5 Rogoff et al. summarise two broad features, as described below....
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