ML4002

Assessment Questions

Note: For this Competency, your Host Teacher and other professionals who work in your field setting will be valuable resources. Your conversations with these professionals and your observations in the setting are essential to the successful completion of the Assessment. For additional information, please review the Field Experience Handbook.

1. Explain the context for learning and teaching in your field setting, including relevant factors about the community, school, children, and families served in this setting. For example, is the school in an urban, rural, or suburban setting? Consider such factors as language, culture, and socio-economic status, as well as the ages and developmental levels of the children. Be sure to include any additional information that provides insight into this particular setting and group of children. In other words, what specific considerations do you need to think about as you’re planning for these children in this location (e.g., children and families who are homeless, children/families who are migrant workers, a child with Down Syndrome, and/or children who have had exceptional experiences). What resources might you need to ask your Host Teacher and/or other professionals who work in your field experience setting, to refer you to that will give you that particular information? (4–5 paragraphs)

2. Analyze the strategies and methods utilized by the professional educators in your field work setting to gain insight into the characteristics of the community, families, and children they serve. Based on the resources you have read, how effective do the strategies and methods appear to be? What other research-based strategies and methods might you recommend? (3–4 paragraphs)

3. Explain how teacher knowledge of context impacts the development of meaningful learning and teaching for any particular group of young children. Cite at least three relevant sources from the professional knowledge base and give at least three examples from the literature, your interview with your field experience teacher, and/or your own professional experience to illustrate your thinking. (3–5 paragraphs)

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