4.2 An educators approach that doesn’t support my knowledge learnt:
Within my experiences of working with an educator I have
found that many have different beliefs and have different outcomes to the more
recent studies in regards to a child’s early literacy and numeracy experiences.
As the educator at my most recent placement, does not agree or support the
notion of letting young children explore their numeracy and literacy through
the notion of play. She is strong believer in young children reading and writing
to their educators on a daily basis. She believes that this will provide the
children with a strong base for there future of numeracy and literacy. However
when relating this to my literacy and numeracy knowledge I believe that young
children can contribute to there literacy and numeracy learning through there
own experiences. I believe that in todays society children are surrounded by a
lot of numeracy and literacy and have the a significant amount of resources
that will provide education for there literacy and numeracy. A child will learn
best through there own learning and experiences however peers around them for
example families and educators can have an input on there early learning of
literacy and numeracy. This can be through words, play, drawing or providing
simple experiences. From my knowledge gained within this topic I strongly
support the incorporation of play and awareness in literacy and numeracy(Bobis, J., deVries, E., Dockett, S., Highfield, K., Hunting, R., Lee,
S., Perry, B. & Thomas, L. 2010). The educators who will incorporate
these aspects into their early learning will provide a rich learning
environment for the young children.
References:
Bobis,
J., deVries, E., Dockett, S., Highfield, K., Hunting, R., Lee, S., Perry, B.
& Thomas, L. (2010, July). Playing with mathematics: Play in early
childhood as a context for mathematical learning. Mathematics Education
Research Group of Australia’s 33rd Annual Conference: Shaping the
Future of Mathematics Education, Fremantle, WA.
Thank you for your post Zoe! It was interesting to read other educators views as I have only done placement at a kindergarten so far where all teachers believe in the importance of learning through play. I wonder what age group this teacher is teaching? I can agree more with the importance of play in a kindergarten, pre school setting but understand their views if the children are in school now. Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing another view, it is always interesting to read about other educators views and beliefs. I believe that children of kindergarten age learn best through guided, teacher initiated play and self guided play, although ages higher this may not be the case.
Thank you :)
This is a very interesting perspective on teaching literacy and numeracy to young children! I regard play as a valuable platform for learning to occur, and believe that children should be free to explore their surroundings and without constant teacher intervention. I also believe the teacher’s role is to guide and facilitate learning by providing specific materials, space and time to extend a child's existing interests. By doing this, I feel children will interested in their learning and as a result, be more engaged. Thank you for sharing this experience!
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