Shrek Vs Donkey Analysis

Task Two

Shrek and Donkey are on their way to rescue Princess Fiona. Donkey is confused as to why Shrek doesn’t just use his ogre strength to reclaim his swamp. Why go to the trouble of rescuing a Princess at all? Shrek tells Donkey that there’s much more to ogres than people think. Donkey is puzzled and asks for an example. After some thought Shrek hols out the onion in his hand and tells Donkey that Ogres are like onions. Donkey sniffs the onion and asks if they stink and make you cry? “No.” says Shrek. Donkey thinks again and wants to know if it is because like onions when left in the sun, Ogres get smelly, brown and furry. Exasperated Shrek tells Donkey that it is all about layers- onions have layers and Ogres have layers, they both have layers! Feeling that Donkey just didn’t understand, Shrek sighs and walks off. Why is a vignette from the movie Shrek similar to early childhood teaching? Analyzing our practices and programs as part of our critical reflection is similar. We as Early Childhood Educators become aware as time goes on that we are like onions and have to peel back our layers in order to grow. We can ask ourselves the questions within our

They are as follows:- • Security • Resourcefulness • Resilience • Reciprocity By identifying a toddler’s interest we as Early Childhood Educators can support, encourage and guide the children in our care on their learning journey at a much deeper level. We can do this by nominating for enquiry based learning for toddlers in our centers by conceding that our children are ready , willing and able to:- • Think • Persist • Contribute • Investigate • Be responsible for their own learning So by peeling back our own layers and re-examing our practice we can re-theories our own professional practice, define and refine our philosophy. Refining our own reflection on practice enables us as Early Childhood