To reflect upon how your values impact upon the provision the children in your care receive

Aim

To reflect upon how your values impact upon the provision the children in your care receive.

Evidence and reflection

Consider how your (and your colleagues’) values and beliefs influence the way you develop and resource the learning environment in your setting.

Extension

Discuss with a fellow student or colleague the values and beliefs about educational environments inherent in MacNaughton’s questions given above.

More in this chapter

• To work with children in your setting to investigate how they feel about an aspect of your environme
• To reflect upon the spaces provided within the indoor environment in your setting
• To reflect upon the spaces provided in the outdoor environment in your setting
• To reflect upon how you plan the learning environment
• To plan resources to support specific learning activities
• To produce a room plan
• To monitor an individual child to estimate active learning time
• To consider the opportunities the children in your care have to explore the outdoors
• To review your own practice in relation to digital technologies