Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - Miscellaneous xfgh xfgh The Unstructured observations require you to observe children for a minimum of 5 hours (I'll sign the time logs). Identify 3 children of ages that are different from the age group(s) you normally observe in the structured setting. Each of the 3 observation must have two parts: Part one is a detailed description of behavior, language, thinking, emotions, intentions, etc. Part two analyses part one on through the "lens" of one of the theories in your text. When completed, send it to me via "drop box". The journal is a record of your thinking and observations as you engage in field work. The journal should reflect: What you see in the field experiences How you respond to it (in thoughts, emotions) What connections do you see to material you have read for class and to discussions posted by classmates How does it affect your view of professional work with children How it may challenge previous assumptions you had And any other meaningful critical reflection. (The journal should not be a trivial chronological description of your activities) The readings assignments will be posted in the announcements section. We'll follow the text outline so that every week we'll cover a chapter. Additional readings will be required and introduced as announcements. Ways to observe children are described in cahapter 2. Use it as reference, re-read it. Good observations capture what the child is doing, thinking, feeling, saying and learning. Since we don't have a window into their minds, much of what we write will be inferred from their actions, words, body language and "classwork". Keep in mind that the focus of observation is a child or children, not the teacher. Of course you'll write about teachers' organization and instruction, but that is a context for observing children. It may be a good idea to concentrate on two to three kids. Write down what they say (word for word) and follow their thinking/emoting. You'll get the most out of kids who are not the most compliant and most engaged in class, but rather the ones who are struggling or have other things to do in class. In your journals you'll reflect on these observations. Bibliography: Word Count: 372
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