What are the challenges and successes of working in kindergarten and primary placement experiences?.
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Part 3 Reflective Essay (800 words)
____________________________________________________________ Drawing on your post placement reflections and the Interactive Learning Day, discuss your understandings about the different learning spaces between kindergarten and primary school.
____________________________________________________________ What practice appealed to you whilst on placement that you would use in your own practice?
____________________________________________________________ What did you find difficult or challenging? ____________________________________________________________ Critically Evaluate with reference to the conforming / reforming / transforming perspectives ____________________________________________________________ Include reference to the curriculum, set text and peer-reviewed papers that are relevant to your discussion. ____________________________________________________________ Assessment Criteria – (Below are 4 Points to address in Essay) • Articulates similarity and difference in different learning spaces • Explicates challenges and successes
• Critically evaluation • Draws on external sources to valid claims ____________________________________________________________ In the Introduction – Prepare the reader of what will be in the essay body. ____________________________________________________________ Essay must be intelligently written ____________________________________________________________ Rubric Criteria – All points must be addressed in the essay by strictly following the Rubric Criteria Assessment Criteria Part 3 Reflective Essay (800 words)
• Articulates similarity and difference in different learning spaces • Explicates challenges and successes • Critically evaluation • Draws on external sources to valid claims • Academic literacy 20% ____________________________________________________________ Use double double spacing ____________________________________________________________ Speak in the 3rd person throughout body of essay ____________________________________________________________ APA Referencing ____________________________________________________________ 3 to 4 Good referencing of Peer – Reviewed references — As to why I prefer Primary School teaching than Kindergarten, because for example ‘you can tell primary level children have understood by their responses being the instant feedback’ etc.,
____________________________________________________________ You must strongly critically relect in the essay – 1. I personally prefer Primary year 4, 5 and 6 children rather than Kindergarten children. 2. I prefer the interaction when I teach because they give me instant understanding if they have understood o not what i am trying to teach them. But 800 word essay must be written in 3rd Person.
What are the challenges and successes of working in kindergarten and primary placement experiences?