Learning Objectives
This discussion is for:
- Getting familiar with who you are as a person and as an educator.
- Understanding the power of the role you have in the lives of children and families.
Activities
Watch the 4 videos. The videos total about 35 minutes of content. So give yourself some time.
- For each video, name the video you watched
- Provide 4-7 sentences of your thoughts on that video. Writing “I liked it.” “I agreed with it.” or “It was great”. – or comments along that line will not get you full points.
- Video #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCk1dVFkVmk
- Video #2:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfCLTQhW9GQ
- Video #3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFnMTHhKdkw
- Video #4:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xhVGvP4tW4
For video #1 write about:
- What are your values?
- What are your beliefs around child rearing?
- Where do your values and beliefs around child rearing come from?
For video #2 write about:
- What are your thoughts on this TED Talk?
- Can you relate this this teacher and their point of view?
- While this teacher is speaking about their experiences as a high school educator, how can you relate this to your experiences working in child care?
For video #3 write about:
- What about this TED Talk resonates with you?
- Rita Pierson is giving us “real talk” about working in classrooms with children and adolescents, what is relatable to her story in your work in early childhood?
- Did you get fired up and motivated to love every child who walks into your classroom? How does that feel? Elaborate on your emotions. Let your passion speak.
For video #4 writer about:
5 Critical Components that Teachers Need to Know
We need teacher to understand:
- The emotional development of children (one-directional) and teachers need to reflect on who they are (personal baggage, implicit baggage)
- Teachers need to understand children’s temperament and teachers need to reflect on their own temperament (their inner souls)
- Teachers need to understand the family histories (what’s going on in the family, and host families where they are)
- What’s going on in our environment? Great opportunities are in the environment – nurture a child’s soul so they feel emotionally safe.
What’s the 5th critical component that teachers need to know? I have listened to this part a few times and every time I miss it, or Steve Zwolak doesn’t exactly name it. But if it’s not in his talk, what do you think it is from this clip?
