The Role Of Intentional Teaching In Early Childhood Australia
Early Childhood Australia (2010) explains that “Intentional teaching is thoughtful, informed and deliberate” (Early Childhood Australia , 2010) and that is exactly what is. Intentional teaching is purposely setting up the environment to get children involved in an experiment or activity to extend children’s ideas. Educators can interact with the children by asking open ended questions, demonstrating, explaining, speculating, modelling and engaging to extend children’s thinking and understanding. Intentional teaching can be planned or spontaneous. (QCAA, 2014)
Educators who uses Intentional teaching can promote children’s agency by assisting them with making their own choice and encouraging decision making. It is the educator’s responsibility
to ensure that the environment is set out with activities and experiences which are based on the children’s interests and provide an environment which encourages children to make their own choices and decisions
Educators who uses Intentional teaching can promote children’s agency by assisting them with making their own choice and encouraging decision making. It is the educator’s responsibility
to ensure that the environment is set out with activities and experiences which are based on the children’s interests and provide an environment which encourages children to make their own choices and decisions