Student Resource Area for: Guiding Children's Social Development and Learning, 6E
Chapter 9 - Influencing Children's Social Development by Structuring the Physical Environment
Answer for Situation 1:
appropriate (This is a strategy to close the play area or learning center and is most likely related to a deliberate goal of the teacher.)
Answer for Situation 2:
appropriate (Mr. Rogan is making an adjustment to support an ongoing routine activity. He is also supporting children's opportunities to make choices appropriate for themselves.)
Answer for Situation 3:
appropriate (Furniture that is appropriate in size supports children's ability to comply with social expectations. Additionally, Luke has an opportunity to help another child.)
Answer for Situation 4:
appropriate. (This is the removal of a safety hazard.)
Answer for Situation 5:
inappropriate (Ms. Robinson should have shared her observations with the program leader where the issues could be discussed and explained. In addition, the children were not prepared for any change in the environment.)
Answer for Situation 6:
inappropriate (The leaders should have addressed the problem on the first occasion. The altercation between children and the need to set limits were due, in part, to the failure of adults to make boundaries more clear. This situation could have been prevented by moving the furniture to make a barrier, removing the trucks temporarily, or designing another appropriate play area for the trucks. The situation could have been classified appropriate if on the first occasion, the children were involved in a strategy for planning what they could do to correct the situation.)