...OBSERVATION REPORT (Observe – to pay attention to, to perceive or notice, to watch, to recognize or note occurrences, to draw inferences, to remark or comment) The Observation Report is to be the result of an in-person observation made for the purpose of partially fulfilling the requirements of this course, and must include a complete and comprehensive report on any 2.5 hours of observation from the list of choices below, exclusive of breaks and recesses. The observation report shall include the type of observation, the name of the presiding officer, the physical location of the observation, the parties involved, the issues, any decisions made and your personal comments regarding how you “see” the proceedings. Please place emphasis on your personal comments, clearly including what you “bring to the table” (your personal background and why you selected your observation). NOTE: Dr. Flower is the only person who will read your reports. You should, prior to the observation, make notes on your preconceived notions, ideas, and perceptions on what you expect to observe. Your pre-work should then be contrasted or compared with your actual observations. Your “gut” reactions to issues, personalities, competencies and results will most likely be very accurate and should serve as the backbone of your report. DO NOT wait until the last minute to attend the observation since it is common for students to discover the scheduled or planned observation does not take place when the...
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...Marking Guide for Observation Report | LETTER GRADE A | LETTER GRADE B | LETTER GRADE C | LETTER GRADE D | LETTER GRADE F | WEIGHT | CONTENT | Observations meet all the outlined criteria (page 32 of course guide) | Observations meet most of the outlined criteria (page 32 of course guide) | Observations meet some of the outlined criteria (page 32 of course guide) | Observations meet few of the outlined criteria (page 32 of course guide) | Observations do not meet the outlined criteria | 30%MARK/30 | | 30 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 10 | | DEVELOPMENT | Observations are very detailed | Observations have good detail | Observations have adequate detail | Observations need further detail | Observations lack detail | 30%MARK/30 | | 30 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 10 | | STRUCTURE | Observations are written in a way that is easy to understand | Observations are written in a way that can be understood | Observations are written in a way that cannot be understood in some but not all sections | Observations are written in a way that cannot be understood in many sections | Observations are very poorly written and difficult to understand | 20%MARK/20 | | 20 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 6.5 | | STYLE | Observations are written in clear English | Observations are written well but there are some difficult to follow sections | Observations are written but there are clear problems in the structure of the sentences and paragraphs | Observations are poorly written and there are clear problems in...
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...Social-emotional development Strong social-emotional development underlies all later social, emotional, and academic success.” In an engaging, reader-friendly style, this NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct describes developmentally appropriate guidance in the encouraging classroom. With this approach, teachers think beyond the kind of conventional classroom discipline that aims merely to keep children in line—and often fails even to do that! Teachers are to help children develop lifelong skills such as mutual acceptance and cooperation, creative and peaceful problem-solving strategies, and acceptable ways to express difficult emotions. 1. Patience and Understanding are used with guidance; teachers are firm when needed, but firm and friendly, not firm and harsh. 2. With misbehavior or mistaken behavior teachers do well to think of a child’s age in terms of months rather than years. They understand that young children are just beginning to learn difficult life skills that may take a lifetime to master. 3. A partnership between the teacher, the child, and the family is necessary for guidance to be effective. Beyond Discipline to Guidance / 19 CHAPTER 4 The Guidance Premise: Family–Teacher Partnerships / 36 CHAPTER 5 Using Guidance to Build an Encouraging Classroom: Beyond Time-Out / 62 CHAPTER 6 Using Guidance to Maintain an Encouraging Classroom: Four Intervention Alternatives / 80 CHAPTER 7 Sustaining the Encouraging Classroom: Class Meetings / 93 CHAPTER 8 Guidance...
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...Child Observation Report Lecturer: Dr. Stephanie L. Knight Observer: Afra Mohamed Taha Observant: 3-4 year old boy Topic: Entire Observation Setting: Airport. A family consists of a father, a mother, three daughters and a son. Goal: Observing the boy to see his entire behavior, in addition to his reaction to reinforcement and punishment. Time: 52 minutes Method used: Systematic Observation (Specimen Record and Event Sampling) Data collection: This report is based on a “Systematic Observation” (Berk, 2003, p.44). I designed a simple form to record the data based on specimen record and event sampling in which the researcher records a description of the particular entire steam of behavior, in addition to all instances of particular behavior during a specified time period. (Berk, 2003, p.44-45) Analysis and Discussion: According to Piaget Cognitive Development Theory (Berk, 2003, p.133), this child is in the preoperational stage (2-7 years), and he behaves normally. When the father left he was upset. His mother asked him to sit still in one of the chairs. He was lying in an arm chair, moving his legs up and down. Then he put his feet on the armrest of the chair next to him, where his sister was sitting. He repeated this behavior several times in attempt to hit his sister. That made his mother tell him off. However, he still didn't respond. Then he put his...
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...Events in history have been a good resource to learn from its mistakes, wars, struggles, hardships and to have compassion for the human life. In the Museum of Tolerance in the exhibits of The Holocaust, I experience the pain, the suffering, the oppression and hate the Jews community went through. The many lives that were murder and lost under the hands of people, groups and nations that portrait Jews as the evil race. During my visit, I was lucky to meet a holocaust survivor, Mrs. Elisabeth M., she shared that she had a wonderful life growing up, full of music, love, family and happiness. Elisabeth was one out of four children, an older brother, a sister and a little brother. Elisabeth expressed that she was close to her family, neighbors, she and her family always welcome strangers to their home and made them feel like family. She expressed that everyone she knew that was not Jews turned their back on her family and her. She shared that she would never guess that her neighbor and friends would hurt her family and hate her so much. Elisabeth expressed that everything she was taken away by the Nazis and the Nazi death camps. She describes her pain to losing her family, friends, house, spirit and herself during this time period. One event that stood up to me the most during her speech was the death of her little brother. She blames herself for the death of her brother. He was 13 years old and was not feeling well after arriving at Auschwitz concentration camp. Elisabeth...
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...Reporter stated the following: He (Jonathan) went to Garden Park Hospital on last night. We believe she (Amgela) was making meth in the backyard because there was an expolosion. The child was at home during the explosion. The grandma was not there. I do not know if the explosion from the meth. The expolison happened o Saturday which was 10/31. The police came and found foil, cotton balls and melted down pills (unknown) where the mom was shooting up. The grandma (Sandy) suspects she (Angela) is making meth. We are more than postive that she makes it. She uses foil, cotton balls to do meth. The mom has a history of drug use. She has been using drugs around the child for 13 years. I have known about her doing drugs around the child for 8 or 9....
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...predators. Type two and three fossils had a multiple digging impression which was similar to the inside of the burrow. The burrows were measured by the width and length, which was compared to the size of the foot impression. As a result, mammals were working together to prevent predators to invade their shelter. Trace fossils examined the behavior of the dinosaurs. According to Varricchio et al., (2007), digging developed over time. Simpson et al., (2010), reported new evidence of track fossils which indicated that dinosaurs used burrows to hunt for underground mammals. In addition, there were burrows that dinosaurs and mammals used as a shelter for parental investments, cold climates, and predators. These trace fossils were based on observations....
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...The sculptures in my community represent more than just art. The sculptures show the community's history, and give tangible evidence to something you can only imagine. I feel that the sculptures decorate a town as much at they tell the history. Danville would feel even more run down and sad looking if it were not for the occasional sculpture that decorates the streets. I believe that more are needed in order to clean up the look of the city, but the current amount is a good start. The sculptures help me imagine a time when Danville was a popular place to be. A time where the city was full of culture and importance. I do not believe that the sculptures in Danville are a waste of money. Each and every piece of art defines the town and makes...
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... I was always interested with dinosaurs when I was young. I saw how each was unique, they all had interesting traits and ways of surviving that aren't commonly seen. As I got older I realized I probably wasn't going to get Jurassic Park any time soon, but the animals we had today weren't too bad, I just needed to search a little harder. I found out about animals like the horseshoe crab, most commonly considered that old flat animal you sometimes see at the zoo. I was more impressed by it than the colorful tigers and flamingos, because as I learned about it I found its amazing potential and how unique it was. The horseshoe crab has no white blood cells to fight off bacteria, instead the blood clumps together to make a thick substance that stopped the bacteria from spreading. Hospitals needed a convenient way to check if shots were sterile and safe to administer, and they used horseshoe crab blood to check for bacteria, because it would clump if it wasn't. This amazed me, such a common and underestimated animal has a trait that allows it to be used to save countless lives every day. After that discovery I was hooked, I have honestly spent hours online researching what people knew about the strangest animals documented and wondering what else was out there waiting to be discovered. I found that if it could be imagined, there is probably an animal that has it or does it, everything from the immortal jellyfish, who is more self explanatory, to the mantis...
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...For my STEM outreach, I volunteered at the Wisconsin Science Festival. This event was located in the Discovery Building on campus. I was volunteering at the WISE table with other WISE members and peer mentors. During my outreach, I used a Makey makey to create an electrical current by drawing arrows on a piece of paper connected with alligator clips. When children came to the table, I showed them how the current works so they could play the piano, bongos, or Tetris just by pressing a sheet of paper with graphite on it! Although the outreach was meant to teach children about science, I also benefited from this experience. It was interesting to think back to the time when I was the curious child asking about circuits. In life, you should reflect...
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...At the start of the class, we were asked to select a book from three titles that were available. The one that stood out for me was Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain. The first section of this paper will go over the reasons for selecting Spark. The following section will discuss two topics from the book that especially resonated with me. In the third section, I will present two different studies that corroborate the findings the author put forth in the book. The last section will explain how the book could influence my personal and professional practice. Book I chose the book Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by Dr. John J. Ratey and Eric Hagerman because I have often used exercise as a stress reliever. After reading the forward, I was intrigued to see what the authors had to say about the relationship between learning and exercise. The book also goes on to show the positive effects of exercise on the many areas of the brain that affect our mood: from anxiety, depression, ADD, stress, and learning (Ratey & Hagerman, 2008). Like many people, I have often noticed a difference in my mood after exercising, and now after reading the book, I have a better understanding as to why. Two Topics of Interest The first topic of interest for me was the effect of aerobic exercise on learning. According to Ratey and Hagerman “…jogging thirty minutes just two or three times a week for twelve weeks improved executive function” (Ratey & Hagerman...
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...Taking part of the Career Preparation Program was a very good choice for me. Not only was my experience at the veterinary clinic enjoyable, it was also quite eye opening for my future. While reflecting on my experience at the vet, I noticed that my previous expectations were a bit off, things I've learnt in school relate to being a vet, there's a lot of education that is required for becoming a vet and I learnt a lot about myself in the process of it all. My expectations of being a veterinarian before and after my work experience were a bit off. Before I had started I thought it would be much more of a quick paced and constantly busy job. Although I thought that, there was plenty of down time where there were no patients who needed assistance. Also, some days in general were just not busy days. Before the work experience I expected there to be a lot more blood and many more ugent surgeries. Although I thought this, there was quite a bit of blood, but not even close to as much as I thought and there weren't too many emergency cases that needed to be dealt with during the time span of my placement. Learning in school actually related a lot to this job and there's many years of education required to become a veterinarian. Biology class relates to being a veterinarian in a huge and obvious way. Learning about bodily functions, body structure, WHIMIS symbols and disecting animals all help greatly in the learning process of what it takes to become a veterinarian...
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...Seeing homeless people on the street makes ask myself, “What if I was in their shoes? What if I am the one sitting in that corner holding the sign Will work for food”? Though I may appear tough on the outside, I am very weak when it comes to poverty and homelessness. Maybe because I grew up poor and I am somewhat able to relate the struggles of not having any money to meet daily needs. Homelessness is a global issue. Many people from many different countries face the same tribulation. While it’s common, homelessness continues to exist and solutions have not completely solved the problem. I came to this class very hesitant, nervous, and didn’t really know what to expect. However, all that changed. I’ve been a volunteer in a couple of organizations and met many homeless people in my life but I never thought I would have the chance to really dig deep in the issue of homelessness. This class allowed me to not only see the surface of the problem of homelessness in the U.S. but also study the root cause, find and discuss solutions. By talking in groups and formulating ideas and solutions, I learned to open up and widen my perspective. Sometimes, solutions tend to work better when you are looking at things from a different standpoint. Through class discussions, I saw how other react towards the issue of homelessness by hearing their opinions and their articulated ideas which even broaden my way of thinking. I got to hear others reasoning and outlook which reflected their own personal...
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...The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) website have many excellent audio broadcasts on previously recorded healthcare podcast. These podcasts are designed to help dedicated health care improvers worldwide keep up with some of the freshest thinking and strategies for improving health and patent care (IHI.org, 2017). I selected a webinar that discusses a new emergency checklist for office-based surgery. This podcast peaked my interest, as most of my nursing experience is in the surgical specialty and I am currently work in the post anesthesia care unit. Guest Speakers and Credentials The guest speakers for this webinar includes Madge Kaplan, the IHI director of communications. Ms. Kaplan spent 20 years as a broadcast journalist for public radio. She has produced numerous documentaries, and her reporting has been recognized by American Women in Radio and Television, Pew Charitable Trusts, American Academy of Nursing and Massachusetts Broadcasters Association (IHI.org, 2017). Dr. Fred E. Shapiro, an Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Dept. of Anesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston, MA. He created the first Harvard Medical School office-based anesthesia CME course and the manual of office-based anesthesia procedures. Dr. Shapiro founded The Institute for Safety in Office-Based Surgery, an independent, multidisciplinary, nonprofit organization to promote patient safety in office-based surgery...
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...For my observation, I chose my niece Chevie who is 24 months old. I thought that her birthday would be a great opportunity to observe her interactions with adults and other children her age during a festive gathering. It did not disappoint and I feel like I was able to gain significant insight into the behaviors of this age group. The observation took place at Chevie’s home with her parents, grandparents, other adult family members and friends and 5 other children approximately Chevie’s age. The home was decorated in a festive manner for an adolescent female in a Disney theme featuring Minnie Mouse. There is a pink Minnie Mouse cake with matching cupcakes and party favors. A wide array of food is available including an assortment...
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