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Chapter 11
Using Technology for
Documentation of Dramatic Play
“Observations for assessment cannot be done
occasionally because the novelty of being
watched may change a child’s behavior.”
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TECHNOLOGY
Mechanical reproduction or storage of
documentation such as:
– Audio recording: Conversations,
speech/language
– Videotape: Physical and all other areas
• Digital video – Electronic storage and easy
manipulation
– Photography – Still documentation of event
• Digital photography – Electronic storage,
inexpensive printing
– Copiers, scanners: Electronic storage
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Uses of Technology
for Documentation
Advantages
• Capture details
• More objective than
written descriptions
• Can be analyzed and
used in a number of
different ways
• Less time consuming
than writing
Disadvantages
• Equipment may be
expensive
• Complicated
• Time consuming to
learn and use
• May cause unnatural
behavior in child
• May be against
cultural values
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TOPICS IN OBSERVATION
Protecting the Rights of the Child
PERMISSION NECESSARY BECAUSE:
• Religious or cultural taboos
• Reveals child identity in protective
services cases
• Personal reasons of the family
• Child’s right to privacy
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What to Do with It
• Individual works can be stored in each
child’s folder or on a computer disc
• Display – Documentation panels showing
process or evolution of a project
• Share with child and family
• Use as emergent curriculum
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LOOKING AT
DRAMATIC PLAY
PLAY
Necessary for mental/emotional health
Involves all areas of development especially:
• Cognitive
• Social
• Language
Dramatic Play – Imagination, role-taking, playing
out real-life experiences
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STAGES OF DRAMATIC PLAY
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OBSERVING
DRAMATIC PLAY
• Emotional – Sex role identification,
self-esteem
• Social – Levels of play; solitary, parallel,
associative, cooperative
• Physical – Self-help skills, large/small muscle
development
• Cognitive – Social, physical, and logicomathematical knowledge, problem solving
• Language – Functions of language, clarity
of speech
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Helping All Children with
Sociodramatic Play
• Cultural Differences
• Socioeconomic Differences
• Differing Abilities and Dramatic Play
• Helping Professions
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Standard Related to Dramatic
Play
McREL’s Content Knowledge: Theater
Standard 2: Acting Skills
Level PreK
1. Creates and acts out roles of characters
from familiar stories.
2. Engages in both fantasy dramatic play
and dramatic play that is based on real
experiences.
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