History & Theorists
ECE
Attachment Theory
Observation Records
Observation Records
100
Nature Vs Nurture

•Environmental conditions have both a positive and negative effect on how the brain grows and develops.

•Early care has a long lasting effect on later ability to learn

•There are sensitive periods of development during which learning seems to be optimal for complete mastery.

•Brain development is continuous over our life span but greatest during the first three years of life.

100

What Is Dr. Sear Eight Ideals of Attachment Parenting

1.Birth Bonding: close attachment right after the birth (baby sleeps with mother.)

2.Emotional Responsiveness: baby’s cry is a signal designed for the survival of the baby and the development of the parents. Responding sensitively to your baby’s cries builds trust. Babies trust that their care givers will be responsive to their needs.

3.Breastfeeding: promotes the right chemistry between mother and baby by stimulating your body to produce prolactin and oxytocin, hormones that give your mothering a boost.

4.Baby-wearing: carried babies fuss less and spend more time in the state of quiet alertness, the behaviour state in which babies learn most about their environment.

5.Co-sleeping: mother and baby sleep together.

6.Avoiding frequent and prolonged separations between parents and baby.

7.Positive discipline: taking a proactive approach, rewarding behaviors you want repeated

8.Maintaining balance in family life.

100

The infant shows inconsistent attachment and reacts to the parent returning with confused/contradictory behaviors, such as looking away when held, or showing a confused facial expression.

What Is Disoriented Attachment

100

Is an observation instrument used to judge or rate the quality of a particular trait, characteristic, or attribute of the pupil.

What is Rating Scale

100

To record measure of the number of times that a predetermined behaviour occurs.

What is Frequency Counts

200

World World 1 Educational Focused Are:

•After the first world war (WW1) attention turned to the need to understand how children develop and what conditions are necessary to promote mental health.

•After the first world war (WW1) attention turned to the need to understand how children develop and what conditions are necessary to promote mental health.

200

Parents and Caregivers decide to take step by step approach in a child success entry into a daycare 

What is Gradual Entry

200

The infant is usually not distressed by parental separation, and may avoid the parent, or prefer a stranger, when the parent returns.

What Is Avoidant Attachment

200

Is like a short story that educators use to record a significant incident that they observed.

What is Anecdotal Record

200

Observe and record predetermined behaviors during a predetermined time. 


What is Time Sampling

300

Urie Bronfenbrenner Ecological Systems

1. Individual - Focuses on the Child

2. Microsystem - Home, School, Family

3. Mesosystem - Home, School, Neighborhood

4. Exosystem - Parent Workplace, Child School, Community Services

5. Macrosystem - Cultures, Values, Beliefs, Customs and Laws

300

What are the 3 A

1. Attention

2. Approval

3. Affection

300

The infant seeks closeness to the parent and resists exploring the environment. If separated, usually displays anger behaviours after the parent returns, and is difficult to comfort.

What Is Resistant Attachment

300

Is a list of things the observer will be looking at/for while observing, typically predetermined prior  they either see or don’t see the item while observing.

What is a Checklist

300

Is the process of observing, recording, and, individually and collectively, interpreting a series of related ordinary moments in your practice.

What is Pedagogical Documentation

400

Maslows Hierarchy of Needs

1. Physiological Needs: Air, Water, Food, Shelter, Sleep, Clothing, Reproduction

2. Safety Needs: Personal Security, Employment, Resources, Health, Property

3. Love and Belonging: Friendship, Intimacy, Family, Sense of Connection

4. Esteem: Respect, Self-Esteem, Recognition, Strength, Freedom

5. Self-Actualization: Desire to become the most that one can be

400

Why Infants and Toddlers Misbehave 

1. Hungry

2. Teething

3. Illness

4. Pain

5. Changes in routines and transitions

400

The infant uses a parent, or other person, as a secure base, strongly prefers the parent, or person, over a stranger, actively seeks contact with a parent, and is easily comforted by that parent after being reunited.

What Is Secure Attachment

400

The teacher records the length of a pre-determined behavior of a child.

What is Duration Record

400

Is a meeting between two or more people when one person will ask the other a series of question.

What is Interview

500

Common Behaviors Infants and Toddlers Exhibit

1. Biting

2. Scratching

3. Pinching

4. Hair Pulling

5. Pushing 

500

What are some positive guidance strategies

1. Redirection

2. Reminding

3. Clear Expectations 

4. Positive Learning Environment

5. Learn By Doing 

6. Developmentally Appropriate Practices

500

Is exhibited in securely attached infants as well as with insecurely attached infants.

What is Separation Anxiety

Related to attachment is separation anxiety, which appears to be a normal developmental experience; children from every culture exhibit it. Infants may start to exhibit separation anxiety around six months and increase in intensity until approximately 15 months old

500

The educator to act like a video camera, recording all significant behaviors and interactions as they happen.

What is a Running Record

500

Barriers to Effective Observation

•Time constraints

•Lack of Teamwork

•Not part of the philosophy or the practice of the centre

•Events sometimes act as barriers

•Unfamiliarity or lack of training