Scenario:
After creating your classroom layout (Assignment 2) for your selected age group and presenting your idea to the director, you were hired as the lead teacher in that classroom . Upon accepting the position, your center director asks you to present a plan for creating an environment that will encourage prosocial behavior. She asks you to focus on the physical space.
* Note: you must use the same age group from Assignment 2: Classroom Layout for this assignment and all future assignments for the course in preparation for the final project.
Assignment:
A. Include an introduction that presents:
the purpose of the paper
a definition of prosocial skills
B. Explain the three key elements of prosocial behavior.
C. Explain what effect the classroom environment has on guidance.
D. Identify the three most important points you will consider when creating a physical space that will encourage prosocial behavior.
Thoroughly explain how each of your points will encourage prosocial behavior. Provide a paragraph for each of your three points.
E. Describe the three most important decisions you made when setting up your physical space regarding developmentally appropriate practice.
Thoroughly explain how each of your three decisions in setting up the physical space meets the standards of a developmentally appropriate environment. Provide a paragraph for each of your three decisions.
F. Explain the child outcomes of teaching prosocial skills in the classroom.
G. Include a conclusion that details:
why prosocial skills are important for young children to develop
Specifications:
Put your name, course and section number, date, and age group at the top left of the document.
Title your paper using: The Physical Space
Use one-inch margins.
Use a 12-point Times New Roman font.
Use double line spacing in the document.
Length: 2-3 pages
Cite your sources using APA format.
Include a Works Cited at the end of your paper.