4.13: A Closer Look at the Outcomes

Erin Jones; EdS; ECSE; MBA

4.13: A Closer Look at the Outcomes

The following outcomes are designed to capture the integrated and complex well-being, development, and learning of all children. They:

Are broad and observable
Acknowledge that children in care have choices and opportunities to collaborate with other children and educators
Recognize that children learn in a variety of ways and vary in their capabilities and pace of learning
Respect that children engage with increasingly complex ideas and learning experiences, which are transferable to other situations
Are influenced by
- Each child
- Educators’ practices
- The environment
- Engagement with the family and community (including the school)
Are achieved in different and equally meaningful ways
Provide for collaboration between children’s educators

Let’s look more closely at each outcome and ways that educators may support this outcome through their curriculum planning.

Table 4.13.1: Outcome 1 – Children Have a Strong Sense of Identity. *Belonging, being and becoming are integral parts of identity.*
Points	Educators facilitate this in their curriculum when they
Children feel safe, secure, and supported	Spend time interacting and conversing with children, listening and responding sensitively as they express their ideas and needs Acknowledge the importance of opportunities for children to relax through play and recreational activities
Children develop their autonomy, interdependence, resilience, and sense of agency	Encourage children to make choices and decisions Maintain high expectations of each child’s capabilities Motivate and encourage children to succeed when they are faced with challenges Provide time and environment for children to engage in both individual and collaborative pursuits
Children develop knowledgeable and confident self-identities	Acknowledge and understand that children construct meaning in many different ways Maintain and build on the knowledge, languages, and understandings that children bring Share children’s successes with families
Children learn to interact with others with care, empathy, and respect	Organize environments and spaces in ways that promote small and large group interactions and meaningful play and recreational activities

Table 4.13.2: Outcome 2 – Children Are Connected with and Contribute To Their World
Points	Educators facilitate this in their curriculum when they
Children develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities and an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary for active community participation	Provide opportunities for children to investigate ideas, complex concepts, and ethical issues that are relevant to their lives and their local communities Scaffold children’s opportunities to participate and contribute to group activities Plan opportunities for children to participate in significant ways in group discussions and shared decision-making about rules, expectations, and activities
Children respond to diversity with respect	Plan experiences and provide resources that broaden children’s perspectives and encourage appreciation of diversity Explore the culture, heritage, backgrounds, and traditions of children within the context of their community
Children become aware of fairness Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment	Analyse and discuss with children ways in which stereotypes are portrayed Provide children with access to a range of natural materials in their environment Embed sustainability in daily routines and practices Discuss the ways the life and health of living things are interconnected

Table 4.13.3 Outcome 3 – Children Have A Strong Sense of Well-Being
Points	Educators facilitate this in their curriculum when they
Children become strong in their social and emotional well-being	Provide time and space for children to challenge and practice physical prowess Collaborate with children to plan and document their achievements and share their successes with their families
Children take increasing responsibility for their own health and physical well-being	Collaborate to plan energetic physical activities, including dance, drama, movement, sports, and games Provide a range of active and relaxing experiences throughout the day Adjust transition and routines to take into account children’s needs and interests

Table 4.13.4: Outcome 4 – Children Are Confident and Involved Learners
Points	Educators facilitate this in their curriculum when they
Children develop dispositions such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination, and reflexivity	Provide environments that are flexible and open-ended Encourage children to engage in both individual and collaborative explorative and reflective processes Model inquiry processes, including observation, curiosity, and imagination, try new ideas, and take on challenges
Children use a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, enquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching, and investigating	Plan environments with appropriate levels of challenge where children are encouraged to explore, experiment, and take appropriate risks Provide experiences that encourage children to investigate ideas, solve problems, and use complex concepts and thinking, reasoning, and hypothesizing Encourage children to communicate and make visible their ideas and theories collaborate with children and model reasoning, predicting, and reflecting processes and language Provide opportunities for children to initiate and lead activities and experiences
Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another	Support children applying their learning in new ways and talk about this with them in ways that grow their understanding Support children to construct multiple solutions to problems and use different ways of thinking Plan for time and space where children discuss and reflect to see similarities and connections between existing and new ideas
Children resource their learning through connecting with people, place, technologies, and natural and processed materials	Provide opportunities for choice and collaboration Create possibilities for peer scaffolding Introduce appropriate tools, technologies, and media and provide the skills, knowledge, and techniques Provide resources that encourage children to represent their thinking

Table 4.13.5: Outcome 5 – Children Are Effective Communicators
Points	Educators facilitate this in their curriculum when they
Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes	Include real-life experiences and resources to promote children’s use of literacy and numeracy Allow children to direct their own play experiences with their peers
Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning from these texts	Provide opportunities for children to follow directions from everyday texts such as recipe books, instructions for crafts, rules for sports, or games. Read and share a range of books, magazines, and newspapers with children Provide a literacy-enriched environment, including display print in home languages and English
Children collaborate with others, express ideas, and make meaning using a range of media and communication technologies	Build on children’s family and community experiences with creative and expressive arts Provide a range of resources that enable children to express meaning using photography, visual arts, dance, drama, and music

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