Learn about the importance of a built environment and how it can impact children’s growth and development as well as easy-to-implement strategies for balancing a classroom environment.
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Course Type: Video
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to define the term, Built Environment.
- After this course, participants will be able to list at least 2 ways that built environments impact children.
- After this course, participants will be able to explain at least 3 reasons why balancing the classroom canoe is important.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe 3 strategies for improving the classroom’s balance.
Course created on February 22, 2022
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-15 Minutes | Built Environments |
| 15-35 Minutes | Balancing the Classroom Canoe |
| 35-45 Minutes | Case Studies |
| 45-55 Minutes | Classroom Balance Tips |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary |
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Sandra Duncan
BA, MS, EdD
Dr. Duncan is an international consultant, designer of two furniture collections called Sense of Place and Sense of Place for Wee Ones, and adjunct faculty at Nova Southeastern University. Sandra has designed and taught university courses on built early learning environments, collaborating with architects, interior designers, and educators to create extraordinary learning environments for all ages. With 50+ years of experience in the early care and education field, she taught kindergarten for 10 years, owned 11 early childhood programs, and is the founder and Executive Director of a school-age program that currently serves approximately 1900 students at 22 sites in 7 public and parochial school systems. She is the author of several books including (1) Inspiring Spaces for Young Children (2) Rating Observation Scale for Inspiring Spaces (ROSIE); (3) Rethinking the Classroom Landscape: Creating Environments that Connect Young Children, Families, and Communities; (4) Bringing the Outside In: Ideas for Creating Nature-Based Classroom Experiences for Young Children; (5) Through a Child’s Eyes: How Classroom Design Inspires Learning & Wonder; (6) The Honeycomb Hypothesis: How Infants, Toddlers, and Twos Learn Through Nature Play (available spring 2022); and, (7) Designing Inspiring Environments for Wee Ones: Lessons from Nature (available 2023).
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