Ice Dance Observation

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I observed a 10 year old girl, named Laura who was a participant in the Homeschool Fit for kid’s program at the Oshkosh YMCA. The class took place on the Ice rink with combined grade levels of kindergarten to 12th grade, there were about 24 student’s patriating in the ice skating activity. The ice rink was rented just for the homeschool fit for kid’s class. Students had to pick up ice skates at the counter. There were a few walkers set aside for students who needed the extra help ice skating. The main instructor for the day was the ice rinks ice skating instructor, then there were six other college student teachers who teach the Homeschool fit for kids program normally. These six teachers were going around and helping students put skates on, state around, and then remove the skates. …show more content…

Laura did not join the group with the instructor she continued to skate on her own for a few minutes then approached kids who were having trouble ice skating. At the end of class Laura went and removed her skates and put them away and before she went over to her mom she helped a few kids removes their skates. When I first tried to fit a theorist with the actions and behaviors I observed Laura doing, I really struggled. I reread all of the theorists theories that I thought would fit with Laura’s age. After that I looked back at my notes and come up with the idea of breaking down the actions and behaviors observed. This made finding the two theorists who would related with what was observed really pop out at me. Albert Bandura social learning theory of observed learning and Gilligan’s three levels of moral development really seemed to fit with what I observed. Albert Bandura is a Social Learning Theorist, who believes learning is cognitive process that can happen through observation or direct instruction. Basically when a child observes a

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