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This document outlines an applied curriculum for early childhood education that focuses on guided reading questions about key documents from the Ontario Ministry of Education on pedagogy for early years and the Kindergarten Program. It provides tasks for students to define terms, identify approaches and principles, and describe frameworks from these documents. Students are also asked to analyze theories of play, compare stages of play, and reflect on their role in promoting children's play.

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HomeworkQuestions StudyGuide2020

This document outlines an applied curriculum for early childhood education that focuses on guided reading questions about key documents from the Ontario Ministry of Education on pedagogy for early years and the Kindergarten Program. It provides tasks for students to define terms, identify approaches and principles, and describe frameworks from these documents. Students are also asked to analyze theories of play, compare stages of play, and reflect on their role in promoting children's play.

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Applied Curriculum 2020

Guided Reading Questions

Read and Explore: Ontario Ministry of Education. (2014). How does


learning happen?: Ontario’s pedagogy for the early years. Toronto,
ON: author.
1. Available on-line at:
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/childcare/HowLearningHappens.pdf
2. Define the following terms, using this document (be sure to use copy
direct quotations using quotation marks & p. #s):
a. children
b. families
c. educators
d. Four Foundations/Ways of Being
e. Pedagogy
f. Critical Reflection
g. Collaborative Inquiry
h. the Environment as Third Teacher
i. Pedagogical Documentation

Read and Explore: Ontario Ministry of Education. (2016). The


Kindergarten Program, ON: author.
1. Available on-line at:
https://files.ontario.ca/books/edu_the_kindergarten_program_e
nglish_aoda_web_oct7.pdf
2. This document is used by Kindergarten Teams (a Registered
Early Childhood Educator & an Ontario Certified Teacher) to co-
plan in schools across Ontario.
3. It's a complex document, that will take much study/experience
for you to master... but, you are introduced to the document
with the following homework:
a. Identify the 6 "Pedagogical Approaches" (p. 11)
b. Identify the 5 "Fundamental Principles of Play-Based
Learning" (pp. 12-13)
c. Describe the 4 "Frames/Broad Areas of Learning" (pp. 13-
15)
d. Note the "Organization and Features of this Document"
(pp. 16-17) - how do you imagine the document
could/would be used by a teaching team?
Applied Curriculum 2020

Chapter 2: The Process of Play

1. Describe Urie Bronfenbrenner's "ecological theory". How might


this theory connect to play experiences for today's children?
(Note the p. #)
2. Identify the unique features of play (3 features), and 7 common
characteristics of play. What are implications for you in planning
& provisioning for young children's play? (Note the p. #)
3. Name and provide an example for each of the 6 phases in the
play process. (Note the p. #)
4. Create a chart to outline Piaget, Smilansky and Parten's Stages
of Play. Provide everyday examples of these types of play -
what do you expect to observe in child care centres,
kindergartens and before/after school programs?
5. Contemporary theorists have examined play in social contexts -
describe Goncu, Vygotsky, Bronfenbrenner and Critical
Educational theory. (Note the p. #)
6. Describe your role, as an adult, in promoting and participating in
children's play.

Self-Assessment: Are you becoming familiar with the following Key


Terms? (Note the pp. #s)

1. Provocation
2. Ecological theory
3. Intrinsic motivation
4. Active engagement
5. Functional/sensorimotor play
6. Symbolic/dramatic play
7. Self-regulation
8. Games with rules
9. Solitary play
10. Parallel play
11. Associative play
12. Cooperative play
13. Unoccupied behaviour
14. Onlooker play
15. Zone of proximal development
16. Critical Educational Theory

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