Overview

Respectful teaching involves the careful consideration of what very young children do as they relate to and seek to discover more about the people and the world around them. Focusing on the role that attachment and attunement play in early learning and development, this topic encourages pre-service teachers to explore … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

This topic aims to:

  • Stimulate students to question the purposes and possibilities of respectful teaching approaches with very young children
  • Support students to consider how to observe for, shape & implement a high quality curriculum for infants and toddlers
  • Provide students with opportunities to apply their developing knowledge and understanding of infant/toddler curricula

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
1.
Critically analyse and effectively support the socio-emotional, intellectual and physical needs, creativities and curiosities of infants and toddlers, in light of their familial, cultural and community contexts
2.
Rationalise how curriculum for very young children is distinct from curricula for children over 3 years, noting parallels with the students own teaching philosophy and that of the early years sectors
3.
Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the role that the educator-child relationship plays in very young childrens learning and development

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Assumed knowledge

Proficiency with information technologies.