Explain how teachers can utilize each of the basic principles of physical development
Week 4 – Discussion 1
Physical Development Presentation
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “Obesity as a young child is associated with poor health and emotional well-being in childhood and may lead to an array of health problems later in life including a higher risk of being an obese adult” (as cited in Weissman & Hendrick, 2014, p. 205). As educators and caregivers, we play a tremendous role in nurturing physical development in those children in our care. By effectively doing our part to nurture physical development in young children, we are one step closer to becoming a Whole Teacher.
Your discussion on physical development will be based on the following scenario:
For an upcoming staff meeting, you have decided to create a presentation on the topic of physical development. The goal of your presentation is to not only to remind your staff how important their role is in the physical development of children, but also to begin a conversation about what materials might be needed by your staff and why. To get the conversation going you decide to propose your idea of an exemplary classroom environment, and then ask your staff to do the same.
Initial Post: Using digital tools such as Screencast Links to an external site. or Jing Links to an external site., create a brief presentation for your staff where you will describe the importance of the physical development of young children and how to promote it. (If you are unable to use one of the digital tools listed above, please contact your instructor for additional options.)
In your presentation:
• Describe your expectations for the role teachers must play in promoting the health and safety of children in their care. Include the topics of immunizations, teachers as health screeners, physical fitness, and safety in the classroom.
• Explain how teachers can utilize each of the basic principles of physical development (i.e.,predictable patterns and sequences, development moves from head-to-tail, and large-to fine-muscle control) to assist them in setting up their classroom environment to promote physical development.
• Provide specific examples and/or scholarly research to support the use of these basic principles.
• Interpret how the basic priniciples of physical development specifically align with developmental theory. Provide specific examples and research from at least one scholarly resource that will illustrate this point for your staff.
Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your peers’ posts. In your response, imagine you were a teacher on this staff listening to this presentation. What new ideas did you gain for your classroom? How can you extend any of the ideas to include children with disabilities? In what other ways did the presentation inspire your work with children?
Though two replies is the basic expectation please further the conversation by engaging with peers and the instructor throughout the week as these interactions will provide you with further opportunities to demonstrate your content expertise, critical thinking, and real-world experiences with designing developmentally appropriate strategies.
GayLynn Pendleton
1:52pmOct 25 at 1:52pm
Manage Discussion Entry
Class, if you are having problems with your presentation, I suggest a PPT in one of the options below.
1. Do a PPT (with visual bullets of ideas) with a voice-over on each slide. This is available within the PPT presentation. It is pretty easy, and it appears to upload here without a problem.
2. Do a PPT (with bullets of ideas) and include (within the PPT slides) your talking notes. The script you would use to present the PPT.
Of course, you may also use another digital tool, just be sure you can download it, and upload it to this platform.
Rubric
0.9 pts
Distinguished – Addresses all aspects of the prompt in accordance with the parameters of the discussion and demonstrates in-depth knowledge of the discussion topic.
0.9 pts
Distinguished – Comprehensively explores the ideas, thoughts, and elements of the topic and provides relevant evidence and information that demonstrates all of the following as applicable to the discussion prompt: clarity, relevance, depth, breadth, use of information resources, and logic.
0.9 pts
Distinguished – Contributes to classroom conversations with at least the minimum number of replies, all of which were thoughtful, relevant, and contributed meaningfully to the conversation. Fully engages in the conversation with appropriate topic-based responses.
0.3 pts
Distinguished – Displays clear control of syntax and mechanics. The organization of the work shows appropriate transitions and flow between sentences and paragraphs. Written work contains no errors and is very easy to understand.
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