Before class: I was so confused while watching the videos this week and attempting to do the reading. I felt that the wording was complex and I found myself looking up definitions of many different words and it was a lot to take in and process. I did reach out to classmates asking if they were just as confused and it seemed like we were all of the same page.
After class: Ahhhh...it is all aligning now. I enjoyed all of the conversations that we had in class and I had a few ah ha moments. I really enjoyed Supriya's examples of the snow globe and the ocean. It was easy to grasp the theories when I was able to relate them to the things that I am familiar with. For example, the RI Bright Stars assessment program is a great example of post-positivism. Individuals would observe an early childhood classroom and the teachers interaction with students and determine how many stars they deserve based on one observation. Like Lesley mentioned in class, if a child was crying and was looking to be consoled, Bright Stars says that if you touch the child your classroom is not a 5 star classroom. This lense is pretty much black and white. Constructivism is similar, it would include the observation of the teacher and students but would actually include them in either an interview, answering questions or a focus group where they get to share their experience and point of view. Critical is about change and taking steps to create change. For example, working with youth and empowering them to develop initiatives that mean something to them like the counselors not cops campaign that ARISE developed.
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