MacNaughton, Glenda,

Techniques for teaching young children : choices for theory and practice / Glenda MacNaughton : Gillian Williams. - Third edition. - xvi, 432 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Previous edition: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Teaching and the Environment -- Positioning equipment and materials -- Collecting -- Scheduling -- General Teaching Techniques -- Demonstrating -- Describing -- Encouraging, praising and helping -- Facilitating -- Feedback -- Grouping -- Listening -- Modelling -- Positioning people -- Questioning -- Reading -- Recalling -- Singing -- Suggesting -- Telling and instructing -- Specialist Teaching Techniques -- Co-constructing -- Community building -- Decolonising -- Deconstructing -- Democratising -- Documenting -- Empowering -- Philosophising -- Problem-solving -- Reinforcing -- Scaffolding -- Task analysis -- Educational Philosophies, Goals and Teaching Techniques -- Building a strategic approach to teaching techniques. Part One. 1. 2. 3. Part Two. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Part Three. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Part Four. 31.

An introductory early childhood text specialising in skills and techniques. Offers a blend of theory and practice by describing and demonstrating teaching techniques used in early childhood education, ranging from the simple to the complex. MacNaughton from University of Melbourne, Australia.

1442502711 9781442502710


Primary school teaching
Early childhood education

LB1139.23 / .M33 2009

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