ATTACHMENT PATTERNS

RESENTATION

This unit deals with Attachment Theory, as an important aspect of affective development in children, and it is adressed to students of the second year of Infant education, a branch of Vocational Studies (high level). The subject this lesson belongs to is called Socioaffective Development, and it has a teaching load of 140 hours.

I have inserted to tables to develop this unit: in the first place, you are going to find the main characteristics of the unit, while in the second one I have included a more detailed explanation of the activities, the timing and resources needed.

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CLIL didactic unit

Subject: SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT    Teacher: ANA FERRAGUD GARCÍA

Unit:  ATTACHMENT PATTERNS (AFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT)                 Course / Level: INFANT EDUCATION

(Vocational studies)

TABLE 1    

1. Learning outcomes / Evaluation criteria
- To know the Strange Situation experiment: to learn the procedure designed to identify different types of attachment - To differenciate types of attachment. - To analyze parenting patterns related to each type of attachment
2. Subject Content
-          Types of attachment. Mary Ainsworth's experiment: The Strange Situation -          Parenting styles related to each attachment type
3. Language Content / Communication
Vocabulary	Nonus: bond, attachment, relationship, cue, signal, tip, needs, responsiveness, caregiver, warmth, affection, balance, disappointment, loss, joy, pattern, parenting Verbs: to trust, to build, to shape, to develop, to provide, to sooth, to meet, to ensure, to support, to realize, to cry, to coo, to yell, to seek, to share, to release, to overcome, to monitor Adjectives: lasting, (in)secure, deep, challenging, helpless, vulnerable, stressed, unique, confident, spoiled, empathetic, fulfiling, rewarding, demanding, instinctual, avoidant Prepositions: to take for granted, through, across, underneath, within
Structures	Correlations: The more...the more; expressing probability; expressing opinions; making hypothesis Whether ...or...; cause-effect clauses; listing points...
Discourse type	Descriptive and argumentative
Language skills	Listening, reading, speaking, writing
4. Cognitive skills
From the most basic ones (listing, summarising…) to the more complex: analyse, assess and create
5. Cultural element
Comparison of the results of the procedure being applied in different cultures
6. Task		Record a video replicating The Strange Situation experiment. Design the steps, perform them and record the voice explaining the procedure. Analyse your results according to Mary Ainsworth's Theory Assess the results obtained by your classmates
7. Activities / Class distribution / timing		see table nº 2
8. Resources		see table nº 2
9. Evaluation		- Does the student know the procedure of The Strange Situation, designed by Mary Ainsworth? - Is she capable of describing and differenciating patterns of attachment? - Can he identify factors that affect attachment and how are they linked to the different patterns of attachment and bonding?

Adapted from Isabel Pérez Torres

A first sample of this template has been published at:

Pérez Torres, I. 2009. "Apuntes sobre los principios y características de la metodología AICLE" en V. Pavón, J. Ávila (eds.), Aplicaciones didácticas para la enseñanza integrada de lengua y contenidos. Sevilla: Consejería de Educación de la Junta de Andalucía-Universidad de Córdoba.171-180.

It is mainly based on the hands-on experience at designing units and on conversations with experts and peers. The theory of the 4Cs by Do Coyle has also been taken into account. This theory has been shown in various publications, such as: Coyle, D., Hood, P. and Marsh, D., 2010. Content and Language Integrated Learning. Cambridge University Press.

TABLE Nº 2

Session 1

Activities and objectives / Time and grouping	Resources
1.    Pre-task: Previous knowledge Objective: To explore previous knowledge and make connections to the new one ACTIVITY 1 How many words do you know? Read the concepts in the wordcloud, underline the ones your already know and try to define them Time and grouping: 20 min. Individual task	Word cloud Wordle <a href="http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/7878905/Attachment"           title="Wordle: Attachment"><img           src="http://www.wordle.net/thumb/wrdl/7878905/Attachment"           alt="Wordle: Attachment"           style="padding:4px;border:1px solid #ddd"></a>
2. Learning the subject: Attachment theory and patterns Objective: To develop the main contents. To offer a more complete description of the Attachment patterns	Doc 1: Text adapted from http://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/PSYCH101-Wiki-Attachment-theory.pdf Doc 2: Vocabulary
ACTIVITY 2  Matching activity: looking for synonyms Time and grouping: 10 min. Individual	Doc 3: Synonyms
ACTIVITY 3 Write definitions of the following concepts, according to the text Time and grouping: 15 min. Individual	Doc 4: Definitions
ACTIVITY 4 Select the sentence of the text that best fits each picture: then compare with your group and reach an agreement Time and grouping: 40 min 1st step: Individual 2nd step: In groups of four 3rd step: Big group: each group shares its choices to the rest of the class	Doc 5: Pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/
ACTIVITY 5 Summarize the text Time and grouping: 20 min. Individual	Doc 6: link "Get some help": http://www.slideshare.net/Education_Innovation/writing-an-effective-summary-13046996

Session 2

Activities and objectives / Time and grouping	Resources
Watch the VIDEO and analyze it: The Strange Situation-Mary Ainsworth (3 activities) Objectives: To develop the main contents. To offer a visual support to the new vocabulary and content To know and learn the stages and setting fo the procedure designed by Mary Ainsworth to analyze the different attachment patterns. Activities:	Doc 7: Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTsewNrHUHU
ACTIVITY 6 1) Answering QUESTIONS 1st: read the questions 2nd: watch the video 3rd: answer the questions 4th: compare your answers Time and grouping: 20 min.  1st, 2nd and 3rd steps: individual; 4th: in pairs	Doc 8: Questions
ACTIVITY 7 2) ORDER the sequence of the procedure Time and grouping: 10 min. Individual	Doc 9: Interactive activity http://en.educaplay.com/en/learningresources/1366384/the_strange_situation.htm
ACTIVITY 8 3) EXPRESS YOURSELF: Tell your partner your opinion about the procedure Time and grouping: 10 min. In pairs	Doc 10: Language help: "Expressing opinions"
PATTERNS OF ATTACHMENT Objectives: To learn the behavioural characteristics of each pattern. To analyze and compare each pattern To establish the connexion between child and caregivers patterns of behaviour Activities:	Doc 11: Table: "Child patterns of attachment" adapted from  http://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/PSYCH101-Wiki-Attachment-theory.pdf
ACTIVITY 9  Read the information on the table and classify it in a new table, taking into account the three main steps of the procedure: EXPLORING; SEPARATION and REUNION Time and grouping: 10 min. Individual ACTIVITY 10 1st step: TRY TO GUESS: What kind of pareting behaviour might be linked to each attachment pattern? Make hypothesis, and tell your partner. 2nd step: AM I RIGHT?: Compare how accurate you were: read the new information and complete the table Time and grouping: 20 min. In pairs	Doc 12: Table (or mind map) Doc 13: Language help: "Expressing hypothesis" Doc 14: Table with parenting behaviours adapted from  http://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/PSYCH101-Wiki-Attachment-theory.pdf
ASSESSING ATTACHMENT Infant Attachment Checklist: Objectives: To know a tool designed to assess attachment Activities: ACTIVITY 11 Read the items and group them into three categories: -          seeking proximity -          emotional expression (reactions) -          accepting comfort Time and grouping: 15 min. Individual ACTIVITY 12 What kind of attachment pattern is more likely to show each item? (choose 5 items of the list) Time and grouping: 10 min. In pairs	Doc 15: Link: http://www.reactiveattachmentdisordertreatment.com/infantattachchecklist.pdf Doc 16: Language help: "Expressing probability"

Session 3
Activities and objectives / Time and grouping

TASK:

Role-playing THE STRANGE SITUATION

Record a video replicating The Strange Situation experiment:

1^st: Design the steps or stages of the procedure (use the "extra help" document), distribute the roles

2^nd: Perform them and record the voice explaining the procedure.

3^rd: Show the rest of the class: they will have to assess your performance and guess what kind of attachment pattern you are representing in each moment.

Time and grouping: Groups of four

1^st: 30 min

2^nd: homework

3^rd: 40 min

Resources

Doc 17: GET some EXTRA HELP to prepare your role-playing: video with all the steps of the procedure and exemples of children with diferent attachment patterns

http://www.psychology.sunysb.edu/attachment/video_contents/Strange_Situation_Slides_c2012_EWATERS.pdf

Doc 18: Language help: "Listing points": link:http://www.slideshare.net/SniaRubiFigueras/connectors-time-sequence

Doc 19: Assessment chart

Student survey for teacher

https://drive.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0Agbwi921fCpndDI4T2tBeE9kOUNHTFk0ZzRXc3pNYVE&mode=public

Ana Ferragud García

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You can find a presentation of this unit in Google Drive:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SfsF15KimzDZ204qVO-OqzxV0Mkt-ggHs-gmotADlsc/edit?usp=sharing