2. As you look back over the courses you have taken to earn your B.A. in Early Childhood Education at Brandman University, what assignments and experiences have contributed most to your understanding of promoting young children’s learning? What assignments and experiences have been the least valuable?
The assignments and experiences that have contributed most to my understanding of promoting young children’s learning were:
• ECED 330-Engaging Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families Plan-This assignment helped me to understand that it is important that I am mindful and respectful of human diversity. It is imperative that I do not make assumption and recognizing my personal bias. This will allow me to effectively build a positive relationship
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Also I learned how to effectively use a formal assessment to make recommendations that will help me to support children’s learning.
• I am excited that I learned about NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct because being knowledgeable about this information allows me to promote children’s learning. For example, I learned about ethical responsibilities to children, the Ideals, ethical responsibilities to families, ethical responsibilities to colleagues, and my ethical responsibility to community and Society. The NAECY Code of Conduct offers me recommendation on my ethical responsibility. For example, it will assist me in determining the principal ethical dilemmas encountered in early childhood care and education (NAEYC, 2011. P.1).
• ECED-200 - Observation & Assessment in Early Child Education assignment titled Observing Child/Children at Play. As I observed I was able to apply the knowledge that I have acquired from my prior child development courses at Brandman University. For instance, I learned that when children are provided the proper environment. I learned that learning is facilitated when children’s learning environment, lesson plan, assessment, are based on children’s individual and