Closely connected to the playplace we developed exercises that can help professionals (teachers, policy-makers, architects, …) and parents to interpret the video traces of the interactions between children and the outdoor environment. This exercises help to value, read and imagine the outdoors as a learning environment in early childhood.
Background | Information
The views you have on learning and development affect the learning context you create. Here, we provide a diagram that can help you gain insight into a number of educational models. We base ourselves here on the High Scope Model (source: highscope.org). The differences between the educational models arise because they deal differently with initiative of the teacher (vertical axis) and the child (horizontal axis) to create a well-defined learning environment. This means that each model deals differently with the stimulation of learning.Models: download the exercise
Get started | Action
Watch a video. Write down for yourself what you see happening in terms of initiative by the toddlers or the adult (teacher, parent, ...)?
Questions | Initiate dialogue
How do you relate to the educational models? What would you do in this situation? What would be your next step? What do you think or feel when you hear the others' answers? Does this exercise bring about anything? Does it set something in motion?
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