How children spend their day has long lasting implications. Curriculum is much more than a collection of activities to do with children. A good curriculum takes into consideration research, individual needs, child development principles, and early learning standards. This module explores strategies to use observation and assessment to support children’s learning and skill development, to plan developmentally informed activities, and to meet curriculum goals and early learning standards. (3 hours)
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Objectives
- Analyze the key elements of an effective curriculum.
- Examine the reasons and uses for observation in curriculum planning.
- Integrate the observation cycle into teaching practices to improve observations for curriculum development.
- Plan how to use observation to support the learning of individual children and groups of children in your ECE program.
- Investigate the connection between curriculum development, early learning standards, program goals, and assessment.
This module is part of a "Observation with Purpose" series. Click here for a series flyer.
