Developing Children’s Sense of Agency and Self-identity

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Developing Children’s Sense of Agency and Self-identity 1
Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Part 1: Importance of Self-Identity, Agency and Belongingness in Children.................................1
Part 2: Teaching Strategies..............................................................................................................2
Part 3: Collaborative Space and Learning Experiences...................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6

Developing Children’s Sense of Agency and Self-identity 2
Introduction
The purpose of this report is to enlighten the reader about the importance of development of
sense of agency and self-identity in the children. The report evaluates the role of early childhood
teacher in the promotion of collaborative learning, sense of being, social responsibility and
belongingness for children birth to 5 years. The report is further divided into three sections, the
part one of the report explain the understanding of sense of agency, self-identity for children
birth. It further discusses about the importance of development of self-identity in a child. The
part two of the report evaluates the teaching strategies and skills that early childhood teachers
need to adopt in order to promote the ability of self-identification in children. Lastly, the third
part of the report analyse the learning experiences of children along with the collaborative
learning environment. Further, more details about the report are discussed below:
Part 1: Importance of Self-Identity, Agency and Belongingness in
Children
From the very beginning, when a child is born, he/ she are exposed to the external environment
that helps them in learning who they are. By touching their own face or body, grabbing things,
the children start to enjoy the influences of their actions their actions in the environment.
However, it is noted that soon after a child enjoys their second birthday, they get to develop a
sense of self to which they are able to reflect that in the external environment as well. One way
in which a parent can analyse the objective of self-awareness in a child is by analysing that thee
child has started recognizing themselves in the mirror or photograph (Scales, et. al., 2016).
Being a child of age 3-5, it is very difficult for them to analyse their personal characteristics and
the aspects that can help to understand their personalities. Self-recognition and social
responsibility are two most important aspects that a child should have in order to groom
themselves for the future prospects of life. The age till 5 is an age in which a child in not aware
of anything that is happening with them, they also face difficulty in differentiating things as good
or bad. During this time, parents and educators train the toddlers for various aspects (Fabiansson,
2018). Like, they help them to understand about stars, their body parts, names of their family
members etc. Further, becoming refers to the process of building children and shaping their