...Observation The student is considered a novice as an observer of children. The student observes children to gain practice and understanding in child development. Students have an obligation to protect children and respect school personnel. Observers are usually visitors in the classroom. The observer must keep in mind that they are a disruption to the regular processes in the classroom and they should respect the classroom teacher’s direction. The protection of the child’s rights in any type of child study is important. Regardless of the procedure used to collect information, the child’s protection is paramount. The child must not come to any harm (physical or mental) through participation in the observation process. Confidentiality must be utilized at all times. Talking about children and families with others outside of class or with the classroom teacher is prohibited. Please use fictitious names in written reports. Any concerns about a child’s safety should be addressed immediately with the classroom teacher or other responsible party. Observation tells us about children’s behavior – what they are doing. If we want to understand children’s development in school settings then we should observe them in those settings. Observation that takes place in a natural environment is referred to as naturalistic observation. Qualities of a Good Observer: · Recognize personal bias and preconceived assumptions about children. · Stay focus for a long period...
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...FIELDNOTES: A GUIDE FOR RESEARCHERS Fieldnotes: "The observations written by a researcher at a research site, during an interview, and throughout the data collection process" (FW, 501). I. REQUIREMENTS Much of the hard work of ethnography happens in the observations and fieldnotes. At times, you’ll feel as though it’s tedious to take fieldnotes; however, taking detailed notes gives you a set of data from which to look for patterns and ideas. In order to complete your field notes successfully, you will need to: General Requirements Spend at least one hour a week observing your community; While you’re observing, write substantial (3+ pages of observation weekly) field notes. Take time after you’ve observed to write meaningful, thoughtful questions and reflections on the “analysis” side of your double-entry field notes (explained in “Strategies” below). Date each entry, and number each page (This is vital! If you fail to date and number each page of your fieldnotes, you will be lost when it comes time to write up your research and prepare your Research Portfolio for the Celebration of Student Writing) Write legibly enough that someone else could read them. Keep them organized (in your Research Portfolio, among your artifacts and other fieldwork) Taking good fieldnotes requires that to divide the process into two phases: (1) notes you take while you are in the field (Observational/Descriptive fieldnotes) and (2) notes you take after you return...
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...Every day, people all over the world travel to different places out side of his or her home. He or she will encounter many different types of people and different experiences. When this happens, the opportunity becomes available to observe his or her surroundings. I wanted to do the observation experiment at a place I find to be very interesting, it was a Tattoo Shop. This was a place that I felt was on the same standers as a mall and it was also a place that I visited and thought that it would be interesting to observe the people in my surroundings. At the tattoo shop, people of all walks of life come for different personal reasons. Some people came to get a tattoo because they lost a love one and wanted to honor his or her memory. Some came to get a tattoo because he or she loved the art, and some people were there just to support some one else. As I sat in my chair doing this observation, I listen to a young lady who came to the Shop with her friend. She stated that she was there to get a sleeve done on her arm. If you are unfamiliar with what a sleeve is, it is when a person gets a tattoo that goes from the shoulder area down to the wrist area of the arm. This young lady was there getting something that she felt meant something to her. She was getting a picture of a clock with the saying “Only Time Will Tell” drawn on her arm. As I listen to her talk with her friend I could see the sadness in her eyes as she tried to joke with her party. After she was serviced, the picture...
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...Day Care: Preschool: 4 yrs old, one 5yr old. I was placed to observe the Preschool 4 year olds during my clinical observation at the Daycare. Stages of Development: Eric Erikson: Initiative vs. Guilt. During this stage the child are focused on purpose, exploration and egocentric ideas and speech. During this period the preschooler experiences a desire to copy adults around them, take initiative in play situations, make up stories using barbies, toy phones, cars, playing roles like “Ninja” and “Pirate” They use imagination and fantasy during play and use parallel play. The also explore the world by asking “WHY” and “HOW” to understand new things.The preschoolers all become involved in the oedipal struggle. If they get frustrated over desires and goals they experience guilt. If they are unsuccessful at achieving a goal they become aggressive and may act is disapproving behavior. Piaget: Preoperational- Egocentric During this stage the child is selfish and believes they are the center of attention. They begin to feel that what they say is most important and all attention should be focused towards them. They often speak when others are speaking and get frustrated when they are not listened to. In the classroom, I observed many of these characteristics of the preschooler. Upon my arrival they all ran to me and all wanted me to themselves, offering their choice of play. They all agreed to give me “Breakfast” where I sat at a play kitchen table in their play...
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...Matttt robins Section 1: Observations I observed a child from Early Morning Learning Center at Gateway Community College. There, I observed my student Jerome for a total of five hours in 3 days. The Early Morning Learning Center at Gateway consisted of nineteen children ranging from ages 3 to 5 years old. The center had five adult workers whose job it was to watch and help the children. The days I observed the children were either in the classroom or on the playground. The student I chose to observe was an Africana American by the name of Jerome. As I arrived to the Early Morning Learning center the kids were out playing on around the playground. Jerome was riding one of the tricycles along with a couple other classmates. While riding away from other class mates Jerome yells “you can’t get me”. After Jerome places the tricycle down, a kid playing basketball asked Jerome to play saying “do you want to play”? Jerome begins playing with the other children. The children begin taking turns putting the ball in the basket. Before, placing the ball in the basket Jerome would jump. After a few times, Jerome took the ball to the wall and started getting a running start to put the ball in the basket. Then he began counting to three before taking his running start to put the ball in the basket. Jerome did this another four times. While playing basketball, the children were lining up back to back to see who’s the taller or tallest. When it came down to Jerome and another classmate...
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...Observations Petrina M Murti PSY/230 October 27, 2012 Amanda Martin There are several different ways I have used the scientific process to better understand my personality. Unsystematic observation known as the first step to the scientific process was used in my early adulthood experiences, for many years I thought the people I surrounded myself with were true friends, I started drinking heavily, displayed negative behavior and did not care about my purpose in life. That was my environment and that is how we lived until I started realizing there is more to life than just this. Building theories which is step two in the scientific process was what I used to get myself out of the environment I was once in; I started formulating different questions pertaining to my life and what I wanted out of it. Because of questions and wanting more in life, it resulted in me changing and moving away from the environment. Evaluating propositions describes “the scientist attempts to evaluate or justify the truth of a given statement” (McAdams, pg. 16, 2009) because I observed these so called friends for years and the environment I was growing to become it made me question and theorize the purpose in my life and in turn I justified my change by moving away from the negative environment. Now that I am in school and have goals in life, evaluating propositions have been confirmed from my theories of my life years ago. I am proud that I have grown in to the individual...
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...The name of the store that I chose to observe is Marshalls. They specialize in bringing brand named clothing for discounted prices to your entire family. The Marshalls store I chose to observe was the one located at 7506 W. Broad Street, Merchants Walk in Richmond, VA. When I went in to do my observation, I did it first as a shopper but as I walked around, I eventually turned into a customer. Before I went in, I knew that I wanted to buy something but I did not know if I was going to find something. I chose this organization because I had been in there before so I knew that they would have something that I may like. Another reason that I chose this organization is because every time I go in, I am greeted with a smile and a “hello”. They treat their customers as if they know them personally. I observed an associate that was in the children’s department. I was in that department because I was looking for some clothes for my 7 year old male cousin. As soon as I walked over there, she smiled and asked if there was anything she could help me with. She stopped what she was doing and helped me walk around and pick out different outfits for him. While I was in there, I observed how even though she was busy helping me, other customers came up to her with different question. Instead of her ignoring them, she asked me if she could help them and return to me. This was one of their policies to help any customer whenever they needed it. I also observed how she listened to everything...
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...Cynthia Draper EDU210 May 8, 2015 Katy Sell Observing Kids in Singing Time at Church I live in a small community of approx. 2000 people. There are not a lot of places that the kids congregate. The places they congregate are usually sporting activities. However, the sport season is over so there really wasn’t many places to observe. So I observed elementary kids at church in their combined singing and lesson activity. These kids were from the ages of 3 to 12. They were playing a game where the teacher would hide a clothes pin while a child was hiding right outside the room. As the child entered the room the rest of the kids would start singing. They would get louder as he/she got closer to the clothespin until they found it. It was very interesting to see how the kids reacted. Some of them had a really hard time resisting in telling them where the clothespin is. Some of them would just giggle and make fun of the child. It was all in good fun and there was no malicious intent on anyone. When the clothespin was found the child got to pick another child to go outside and find it while he/she hid it. As soon as the pin was found the children started raising their hands and shouting “pick me!” They even would stand up as tall as they could so that they would be noticed. The teacher kept reminding them that they had to sit down and only the quietest would be picked. However, that generally did not happen. They usually picked a best friend or a sibling. ...
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...It is four pm and raining outside, which is a typical Vancouver, Washington weather. I was at the library doing what I loved to do; people watching. And it is my homework, how cool is that? When I looked around the room I saw varieties of people. No one was really gaining my interest. Some people were there to hangout while others studied in groups. Some people were on the computer roaming the famous “Facebook”. There was one woman that caught my eye. There was something about the woman that I was interested in, though I could not figure out why. I started to analyze the woman's looks then her behaviors. I was also looking at the woman's surroundings. The more I had analyzed the woman, the more I was interested. I tried hard not to make it too obvious that I was watching the woman. I sat behind this young man which helped me hide better and doing so, it made things easier for me and made things more uncomfortable for the young man that I was sitting behind. I had to do what I had to do to get my work done. Besides, my teacher said to observe for twenty minutes. I observed for twenty minutes which is not very long. By the woman's clear, smooth, beautiful and tan complexion, she looks to be the age of twenty-five. The make-up she wore was hard to catch but I could tell she wore make-up and it is not plastered on like some other women would do, which is too flaky and unattractive. I did see some eye make-up, the make-up was a very light pink color which goes well with the...
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...Infant Observation Name of Child - Cyan Child’s Age - 10 Month After observing a tenth month old child for this Child Observation paper, I had taken many notes during the observing. The Purpose of this paper is recognizing the Physical, Cognitive, Biological, Social and Emotional development of the child. The child chosen for this child observation paper is a tenth month old male Cyan, who appears to a healthy normal child. His mother is half Indian and father is Indian. Mother and father are happily married. He lives in the hcyane with grandmother, mother, father, aunt, uncle an older female cousin who is three. Cyan comes from a middle class background and has no siblings. The author of this paper observed him in the living room of his home. His mother kept all of his toys spread out on the floor in the middle of the room so that the author of this paper could observe him while he plays. Cyan had many toys such as blocks, plush toys, rings, keys, a stationary jumper and a toy that is designed to help the child learn to walk. Erikson’s Psychosocial Stage : Cyan is in Trust VS Mistrust. Cyan is able to crawl across the room. He is able to stand and walk with the assistance of a piece of furniture. He is able to pull himself up from the sitting position holding on to the coffee table. Once he stands straight up he is able to walk around the table while holding on. He is able walk around the room if he is holding on to the toy that is designed to help an infant learn...
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...Observation is the process of watching someone carry out a task or series of actions in order to gather data about specific aspects of behaviour, content, processes or interactions. It can be used to better understand individuals or groups in any setting that is relevant to the research topics, for example, observing students in a learning environment such as classroom. 10 “Observation can often reveal characteristics of groups or individuals that would have been impossible to discover by other means.” The distinctive topics for applying the case study method arise from four main situations. Firstly, when the researcher are trying to understand an ongoing process or situation. Through observation they can monitor or watch a process or situation that they are evaluating as it occurs. Secondly, when researcher are gathering data on individual behaviors or interactions between people. Observation allows them to watch peoples’ behaviors and interactions directly, or watch for the results of behaviors or interactions. Thirdly, when researcher need to know about a physical setting. Seeing the place or environment where something takes place can help increase researcher’s understanding of the event, activity, or situation you are evaluating. For example, they can observe whether a classroom or training facility is conducive to learning. And lastly, when data collection from individuals is not a realistic option. If respondents are unwilling or unable to provide data through questionnaires...
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...This artifact is my a journal included in my observation experience assignment that I completed for Communication Arts I and II, ED 323 and 325, in the fall of 2017. The project was a summary of my observation experience of a first grade classroom I was placed in. I observed and assisted for 50 hours in Ms. Hayes’s first grade classroom at Rossiter Elementary School, Helena, MT. This artifact is housed behind Standard H, Performance 1. 4. How does this artifact demonstrate your competency for this teacher performance? In the fall of 2017, I spent 50 hours in a first grade classroom observing and assisting with language arts, phonics, spelling, math and various other disciplines. During this time I kept a journal entry for each day I obsevered. My journal entry and artifact...
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...includes a detailed description of the people and behaviors I witnessed, in addition to inferences that I made based on my observations. What time and day of the week was I there? How did this affect my observations? The time and day that I chose to conduct my observation had a number of effects on the results. First, there were likely more hospital visits occurring on Saturday than there would have been if I had conducted my observation on a weekday when most people are at school or work. Second, I can imagine that the lobby was less busy in the afternoon than at noon, yet busier than it would be if I had conducted the observation early in the morning or late at night. Third, I did not see anyone in the lobby consuming any food items and instead, observed a number of people drinking coffee or other warm beverages. I assume that I would have seen more people eating if I had visited the lobby at breakfast or lunchtime. The afternoon is also a common time for people to have a coffee to offset afternoon doldrums. Last, I noticed that the majority of people in the lobby were wearing warm, casual outfits, which may have differed if I had conducted my observation earlier in the day when it was warmer outside or on a weekday when more visitors would have been dressed in work attire. How many people are there over the course of the observation? Upon arrival at the Kingston General Hospital, the first record I made was of the number of people in the main lobby. I...
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...For the observation, I used my seven-year-old niece. The observation took place at a park. The theory that I chose as a base for the observation is Erik Erikson’s Theory of Development, in which my focus was on the stage of industry versus inferiority. During the one hour observation, I was able to observe my niece participate in a series of activities with other children at the park. One of the first activities that I observed was that all the children were trying to see who of all is able to climb one of the trees. Before any of them try to climb the tree, they tried to figure out how they will be starting to climb the tree and who was going to be the first one to go up. My niece being involve started giving some ideas in a cooperative way...
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...NOTES ON MARKET OBSERVATIONS Introduction: A visit to the neighbourhood market and observations performed there helped me learn, on a very basic level, how to approach a Market Research and analyze the data collected from markets. The market chosen for this purpose was ‘Sunday Bazaar’ at Navyug Market. Objectives: The aim of this note is to summarize the market observations performed by me on a neighbourhood market. The purpose of this observation was to familiarize with the happenings of a local market, make observations and draw inferences from the same. Observations: The observation was of qualitative as well as quantitative research type. But the methodology followed for this observation fitted more aptly on the three-approach model of observational research, therefore, I have segregated the findings as below: Covert Observational Research : 1. Around 30-40 shops with a temporary stall setup come with specialized products on a weekly basis to sell in the local market at a competitive price when compared to the general market. 2. The segmentation of the product could broadly be done under the Home Needs category (chairs, stools, buckets, ropes, stands, shoes, utensils etc.) 3. The market had several prospective customers who were buying things from different shops based on their bargaining ability. 4. The people in the market visibly belonged to different economic strata of society. Overt Observational Research : 5. The older women insisted...
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