There are many models to choose from, however you need to filter them through your own context as what is suitable in one early childhood service may not be suitable in another. I would start by reading about some of the theorists such as Brunner, Vygotsky, Piaget and Bronfenbrenner
Thank you Tracey Mackey. I've been read all those basic teaching and learning theories and need to know more regarding the recent one especially the effective teaching models such as QAIT Model by Robert Slavin .
See the Experiential Education http://cego.inform.be/InformCMS/custom/downloads/BO_D&P_Deep-levelLearning.pdf
Kia ora Joanna,
here in Aotearoa/ New Zealand there is work exploring the ways narrative stories from teachers can act to make their professional practice visible, and then be used to to map future professional development as it happens during work with children. Is this something that may be useful for you?
In your search you could include the work of Maria Montessori, who contributed to early childhood education. Montessori programs are widespread in the US, a few attributes include; peer to peer learning, child directed, strengthening skills through every day experiences. She also developed a unique set of materials that "self correct" and are even "errorless". Hope this is usefull
I have been using small group education for many years in my interventions as teachers in Holland have little help with big groups of children. They do realize that circle time alone will not do but keeping track of children's progress also is hard when you only do circle time and the so-called free choice activities. It always give happy teachers when they get the chance to try out small group teaching groups. Proving them with activities, discussions about organizing it in the classroom, it all helps. They all say after sever,a weeks of trial and error that they get to know the child better and that even at that age the other children's get used to work on their own for 10 minutes a day as they they know that they will be part of a small group some other time. I will be happy to share my experimental designs with you. Diny van der Aalsvoort
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