Module 1 Assignment
ASsignment: Analyzing Quality Learning Experiences
Carefully review this quality learning experience, titled The Dog Project Download The Dog Projectand then consider this scenario:
You have just shared The Dog Project with your director and expressed great enthusiasm to engage in this type of experience with your preschool classroom, especially because three of the families in your class have recently rescued dogs and all of the children have been incredibly interested and involved. Your director is excited too but advises that since the Project Approach is new to your school, she’d like you to break this project down by phases and explain the activities and learning so you share it with the other preschool teachers, and then talk about how you will approach this exciting study in your school.
For this Assignment, complete the Analyzing a Quality Learning Experience: The Dog Project template.Download Analyzing a Quality Learning Experience: The Dog Project template.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
THE DOG PROJECT
Note: You will be familiar with these resources about The Project Approach from MSEC 6108. Use them as needed to help support your work completing the Analyzing quality Learning Experience template.
- Wolpert-Gawron, H. (2015, August 13). What the heck is project-based learningLinks to an external site.? Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/blog/what-heck-project-based-learning-heather-wolpert-gawron
- Alfonso, S., (2017, March). Implementing the project approach in an inclusive classroom: A teacher’s first attempt with project-based learningLinks to an external site.. YC: Young Children, 72(1), 57–65. https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/mar2017/project-approach-inclusive-classroom
- Illinois Early Learning Project Approach. (n.d.). Project approachLinks to an external site.. time to explore the many aspects of this website for a multitude of resources that will help you understand the project approach and design a project approach experience for your Assignment. In the Week 6 Discussion, you will be focusing on one of the projects featured on this website: Recipes for Learning: A Baking Project.
- The Project Approach. (n.d.). About this websiteLinks to an external site.. this website to learn essential information about doing the project approach with young children.
- The Project Approach. (n.d.). Sample projectsLinks to an external site.. http://projectapproach.org/project-examples/
- Brookes Publishing. (2018, September 11). 9 reasons to use the project approach in your inclusive early childhood classroomLinks to an external site.. Brookes Blog. https://blog.brookespublishing.com/9-reasons-to-use-the-project-approach-in-your-inclusive-early-childhood-classroom/
- Queensland Government. (n.d.). Age-appropriate pedagogies. Project approachLinks to an external site..
