For our first assessment, you are required to write an essay focusing on children's behaviour. You will select two videos to examine and critique, which will inform your essay.
Primary:
Teachers TV- Ignoring Disruptive Behaviour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY_2nRsB6HU
Primary Special Needs Tackling Challenging Behaviour 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVnrwcQfmA4
Teachers TV- ADHD in the Mainstream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ylIl8T-q7c
Teachers TV: Tackling Challenging Behaviour 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwu9IN5SoZA
2. Write an essay which critiques the videos and the approaches taken, responding to the following (in no particular order):
· Discuss in general terms how educators and the environment can influence children’s behaviour.
· Provide a one-paragraph description of the videos you are critiquing, including their titles and URLs, and the key conflict/disruption(s) occurring.
· Compare and contrast the views and approaches in the videos with those described in readings from this unit.
· Discuss how different beliefs about children and children’s behaviour could affect a response to this situation.
· Using unit readings, propose recommendations that address the following:
· Identify strategies a teacher could use in responding to a child in this setting who consistently displays behaviour that is challenging.
· List the things you consider important to know and understand about individual children in order to work with them effectively, particularly when they display challenging behaviour.
· Suggest how a teacher would initiate, develop and maintain meaningful relationships with the children in the settings shown in the videos.
· Identify strategies that you would include in a policy on guiding children’s behaviour in the settings shown in the videos.
3. Ensure that your essay meets the following presentation and formatting requirements:
Word count: 3000 words (+/- 10%)
Use headings to structure your essay
APA 7th edition referencing conventions