HDFS406 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Human Behavior

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Human Development and Family Studies
• Course: HDFS406
• Professor: Myae Han

Document Summary

Need to consider the whole classroom not just library area. Why does my classroom environment matter: human behavior is directly influenced by the environment (ecological perspective, our goal: make classroom to maximize children"s language and literacy learning and development, safe. If children and teacher have good relationship they"ll be more engaged and willing to learn: symbolic, time, routine, community, culture, society, very abstract - do(cid:374)"t thi(cid:374)k a(cid:271)out a lot (cid:271)ut still i(cid:373)pa(cid:272)t (cid:455)ou. Field of dreams idea -- if you embed literacy. Room arrangement: create clearly defined play areas, less likely to gravitate from one area, more social interactions. Zpd, etc: less aggression (more aggressive in crowded area, can engage better in smaller space, more concentration, ea(cid:272)h (cid:272)e(cid:374)ter should (cid:271)e large e(cid:374)ough for , 5 -6 children usually, helps with interactions. Label each center with child - friendly label @ eye level: not ideal to have dramatic play right next to library center, noise level.