Lecture = Quality in Early Care and Education Power Point Presentation + High Quality Preschool Video + Powerful Learning Environments Video

High Quality Preschool  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbWRWeVe1XE (Links to an external site.)  and Powerful Learning Environments  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlLFZbRx1F8 (Links to an external site.)

Small Group Discussion: What Does Quality Look Like in Early Care and Education?

In your small groups share your responses to the questions below. Begin by posting what you noticed in the videos regarding the environments (organization, contents and use by children and adults) and the behavior of children and teachers (When and how did children interact with the environment, each other, the adults? When and how did the adults initiate interactions with the children?). [Initial posts by 3/29] Read and respond to the posts made by the members of your small group. [Post responses by 4/01] Next, post descriptions of characteristics of the environments and/or interactions that represent quality. Together create a list of specific examples of quality to post to your discussion, explain how and why these are important to make note of by your group. [Post to small group discussion by 4/1]  Finally, Share your list in the Safety Discussion Forum. [Add list to forum by 4/2] Review posts of other groups and comment on similarities and differences.

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• What did you notice in the videos about the environments?
• What did you notice about the teachers and their interactions with each other and the children?
• What did you notice about the children? What were they doing?
• What characteristics associated with quality did you see? Create a list of specific examples observed in the videos to share.
• What was most important to you and why?

Read and review the assigned reading, ppt and videos in preparation for this assignment. Begin discussion by 3/29 and complete by 4/2.