Produced by Teaching Strategies, Inc. Trainers Guide included. This videotape was designed as a professional development tool for early childhood educators who work with young children in center-based programs and family child care homes. The videotape is also a useful orientation tool for anyone who does specific observation-related tasks with children as a regular part of their work. Observation is an integral part of providing quality programs and service to children.
Observation helps staff and providers learn about children so they can individualize their program.
It helps them to evaluate their program so they can make adjustments to the environment or the curriculum. It also provides the opportunity to measure children's progress and their acquisition of skills. This video shows scenes of children in a variety of situations, the viewer is directed to observe the activity. Following the observation each example is discussed in terms of accuracy and objectivity. Training Produced by Deborah Chen, Linda Brekken and Sam Chan.