Teaching techniques that help both new and experienced teachers to communicate better with their children Teaching Young Children presents early childhood students and staff with a broad and diverse range of teaching techniques to support children’s learning. It examines 26 techniques ranging from simple ones—such as describing and listening—to more complex techniques such as deconstruction and scaffolding. It defines each technique and discusses how, when, and why staff might use it. Vignettes and examples clarify how to use these techniques in everyday situations and outline different ways to reach children, support their learning, and help them with learning difficulties. A final chapter presents a strategic approach to selecting the appropriate techniques for specific teaching methods and situations. This chapter also goes one step further, explaining how educational theories link with different technique choices—giving both teaching students and experienced teachers a wide range of options and approaches, which is invaluable when teaching classes of children with varying abilities.

Teaching Young Children: Choices In Theory And Practice

Politics & Social Sciences

MacNaughton, Glenda

Williams,Gillian

Sociology

Open Univ Pr

This book presents early childhood students and staff with a broad and diverse range of teaching techniques to support children's learning. It examines 26 techniques ranging from simple ones, such as describing and listening, to more complex methods, such as deconstruction and scaffolding. 
The strategies selected are derived from the best current research knowledge about how young children learn. A detailed evaluation of each strategy enables childcare staff, early childhood teachers and students to expand their repertoire of teaching strategies and to critically evaluate their own teaching in early childhood settings. 
Vignettes and examples show how early childhood staff use the techniques to support children's learning and help to bring the discussion of each technique to life. Revised and updated in light of the latest research, new features include: 
* Coverage of the phonics debate * Addition of ICT content * Questions for further discussion * Revision to the chapter on problem solving * Updated referencing throughout 
Teaching Young Children is key reading for students and experienced early childhood staff working in diverse settings with young children.

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Open University Press

Parents and Professionals in Early Childhood Settings

Parenting & Relationships

Hughes, Patrick

Parenting

Rethinking Gender in Early Childhood Education

A thought-provoking text which will make practitioners examine their children's behaviour and play in a fresh light'- Christine Marsh, Manchester Metropolitan University  'A major contribution to the international literature on gender in Early Childhood .… Glenda MacNaughton has done a terrific job in making difficult theory accessible for teachers and student teachers. Her consistent use of plentiful examples and explorations of how different theories held by teachers might impact on their practice will be tremendously useful to teachers and teacher educators ' - Debbie Epstein, Centre for Research and Education on Gender, Institute of Education, London  `Invaluable for early chil

Sage Publications Ltd.

A thought-provoking text which will make practitioners examine their children′s behaviour and play in a fresh light′- Christine Marsh, Manchester Metropolitan University  ′A major contribution to the international literature on gender in Early Childhood .… Glenda MacNaughton has done a terrific job in making difficult theory accessible for teachers and student teachers. Her consistent use of plentiful examples and explorations of how different theories held by teachers might impact on their practice will be tremendously useful to teachers and teacher educators ′ - Debbie Epstein, Centre for Research and Education on Gender, Institute of Education, London  `Invaluable for early chil

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'We don't want to tell students and staff what to do but to provide them with options that they can test in practice and integrate into their own teaching repertoire.' For further references and links: www.pearsoned.com.au/macnaughton

Techniques for Teaching Young Children: choices for theory &practice (3rd Edition)

Pearson Education Canada

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