This course will help you enrich the learning of children in your care by providing opportunities to explore, discover and problem solve. You’ll discover how to develop their higher order thinking skills so they can undertake learning adventures that ignite their interest, support their skills and promote their sense of self-worth.
You’ll learn:
- The stages of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
- How to use open-ended questions to guide play-based learning.
- How to create open-ended learning experiences.
- How to download EYLF teaching resources.
Early Childhood Teachers
2.5.2 Proficient Level - Know the content and how to teach it - Literacy and numeracy strategies: Apply knowledge and understanding of effective teaching strategies to support students’ literacy and numeracy achievement
3.3.2 Proficient Level - Plan for and implement Effective Teaching and Learning - Use teaching strategies: Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem-solving, and critical and creative thinking
3.4.2 Proficient Level - Plan for and implement Effective Teaching and Learning - Select and use resources: Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning
This course may contribute towards Elective PD hours. Visit https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au for more details.
Introduction
Aims and Objectives
Young Children as Thinkers
Set a Learning Goal
Task: Set a Learning Goal
Bloom's Taxonomy
Closed Questions
Development of Language in Young Children
Open-Ended Questions
I Wonder...
Example: Open-Ended Questions
Open-Ended Questions during Play
Closed and Open-Ended Activities
Creating Open-Ended Activities
Example: Open-Ended Activity
Open-Ended Questions during an Open-Ended Experience
Quick Check-In
Task: Quick Check-In
EYLF and NQS
Teaching Resources
Reflect on your Learning
Task: Reflect on your Learning
Your Next Steps
Course Feedback