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This week, the topic is Promoting Emotional and Social Development. After completing your weekly text reading, reviewing the additional resources provided, and in doing your own outside research, complete the following case study:
Step 1: Select a setting in which you can complete two 30-minute observations of children socially interacting. This can be a preschool, a playground, YMCA, Girl Scout or Boy Scout event, mall play area, etc. Complete two 30-minute observations of infants, a toddlers, or preschoolers. Write detailed notes on exactly what you see (i.e. How many children? What is each child doing? Is there an argument? Is there a child playing alone, and what specifically is he/she doing? How are the children interacting? etc.)
Step 3: Compose a 1250-1500 word essay reflecting upon key concepts from this week’s assigned reading and on what you learned about Emotional and Social Development from your observations. Make sure to explain a) what new knowledge did you gain, b) any contradictions that did not match what you thought you knew, c) how did the observation and readings make you a better teacher, and d) what will you do differently now to better develop the emotional and social needs of children with whom you work or could work with in the future. Throughout your essay, pick one or more of the following areas to connect to and support the discussion points in your essay.
- Emotional Attachment
- Ericson’s Stages of Psychosocial Behavior
- Facilitating Social Behavior
Clearly label each section of your essay so that your instructor knows which section you are addressing for the prompts. APA format and a minimum of three (3) professional references are required. Title page and reference page do not count towards minimum word amount.
Explanation & Answer
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Running Head: PROMOTING EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Promoting Emotional and Social Development
Student’s Name
Instructor
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PROMOTING EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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Emotional and social development includes the child's expression, experience, and
feeling management and the capacity to establish rewarding and positive associations with
others. It consists of both inter- and intrapersonal procedures (Berk & Meyers, 2015). The core
highlights of emotional development include the ability to distinguish and comprehend one's
feelings and to read and understand others' emotional states precisely.
It also includes
controlling strong feelings and their expression in a useful way, to direct one's conduct, to
become empathetic for others, and to set up and look after relationships.
Observations of Children Socially Interacting
After finishing the two 30-minute observations of children who were socially interacting,
I realized that young children are especially receptive to emotional and social simulation. The
preschool classroom that I visited comprised of eight kids between the age of five and six. The
kind of system at this school is what I would call a "traditional" preschool. When I entered the
classroom, the kids had just arrived and were getting settled. They were hanging up their jackets,
saying farewell to their folks, and looking for toys to play with before starting their official day.
A number of the kids were assembling puzzles, others were taking turns at the game "Ants in the
Pants," and some were making fun shapes by cutting construction paper. They partook in these
and comparable exercises for around twenty minutes while the teacher was planning for the
morning "circle time."
The classroom condition of this preschool ...