05 Feb Social Development

Week 4 – Discussion

Social Development

“How well children perceive, interpret, and respond to the variety of social situations they encounter is a measure of their social competence” (Kostelnik, Soderman, Whiren, & Rupiper, 2015, p. 434).

Social competence involves the knowledge and skills children need to successfully navigate their world. In essence, taking the time to help children grow in this domain will have a positive impact on each and every domain of development, and as such fits in each and every aspect of the curriculum. For this discussion you will explore how this topic fits into the overall curriculum, and your role in facilitating growth in the social domain.

To prepare for this discussion, view the video  Trailer: What Can We Do? Bias, Bullying and Bystanders Links to an external site..

In your initial post:

·       Summarize the role that families play in the social development of young children.

·       Analyze your role in guiding children through each of the four dimensions of the social domain (i.e., social skills, socialization, social responsibility, social studies).

·       Identify how valuing and respecting human diversity integrates all four dimensions of the social domain. Support this portion of your post with the text.

·       Explain how intentional teaching in the social domain supports a safe classroom environment and aligns with the actions of the teachers in the video  Trailer: What Can We Do? Bias, Bullying and Bystanders Links to an external site..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIa6S-L_xV4

·       Locate the standards for your state(New Mexico). While many states outline academic standards, social and affective development is often excluded. Do your state standards include a section devoted to affective and social development? If not, why do you feel they are not included? If so, are they in alignment with the goals for children outlined in your reading this week?

RUBRIC

1.       Addresses all aspects of the prompt in accordance with the parameters of the discussion and demonstrates in-depth knowledge of the discussion topic.

2.       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.

3.       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.

4.       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.