(ACEY) Assist in Setting Up Quality Learning Environments
About This Course
The physical environment affects the way young children develop, learn and behave. Arrangement of space, equipment and materials affect the way children interact with each and learning. The amount and arrangement of space and the choice and abundance of play materials can either increase the chances that young children will interact positively with each other or increase the likelihood of biting, toy pulling, and dazed wandering.
This module is aimed to help educarers understand the importance of planning the physical environment and its impact on children’s total development. Discussions will be made on creating areas of interest in the classroom, planning the outdoor environment, what materials promote learning, how materials should be organised, and what safety guidelines need to be followed.
What You'll Learn
1. The ability to understand:
a. Developmental stages of children from birth to age 3
b. Interests of children
c. The importance of providing a safe and secure learning environment
d. Types of learning environments:
e. Physical environment (both indoor and outdoor)
f. Temporal environment
g. Interactional environment
h. Features of a quality learning environment
i. Strategies to set up a learning environment that supports the curriculum
j. Strategies to interpret observations and documentation of children’s learning
k. A range of developmentally appropriate learning resources
2. The ability to:
a. Contribute to the setting up of learning environments that are flexible and open-ended to support children’s needs and interests
b. Provide children with frequent and regular access to the outdoors,
including opportunities to explore the natural environment
c. Maintain regular routines and programmes that are flexible to adapt to the children’s moods and interests
d. Assist in preparing and providing a range of materials or resources that
reflect children’s developing skills and abilities, and encourage children to
explore, discover, invent and learn
3. The ability to:
a. Contribute to the improvisation and adaptation of learning resources to
support children’s holistic development
Entry Requirements
Applicants should have:
a. Minimum Secondary 4 education* or completed 10 years of formal education* and
b. At least an average SOA in the WPL series, including an SOA 5 for WPL-Writing
*Official documents are required to show completion of 10 years of education. Medium of instruction is to be in English.