Teaching young children
Subtitle: choices in theory and practice
By: Glenda MacNaughton & Gillian Williams.
Contributors: Williams, Gillian.
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Primary school teaching.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1: Teaching and the environment.  Positioning equipment and materials; title: Collecting; title: Scheduling; title: pt. 2: General teaching techniques.  Demonstrating; title: Describing; title: Encouraging, praising, and helping; title: Facilitating; title: Feedback; title: Grouping; title: Listening; title: Modelling; title: Positioning people; title: Questioning; title: Reading; title: Recalling; title: Singing; title: Suggesting; title: Telling and instructing; title: pt. 3: Specialist teaching techniques.  Co-constructing; title: Community building; title: Deconstructing; title: Documenting; title: Empowering; title: Philosophising; title: Problem-solving; title: Reinforcing; title: Scaffolding; title: Task analysis; title: pt. 4: Educational philosophies, goals, and teaching techniques.  Building a strategic approach to teaching techniques.