CLD 212 Lecture 1: Week 1 Lecture notes
20 Jan 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Asking questions is one of the ways in which children makes sense of the world and their place in it. Questions are a powerful tool for educators to promote children"s thinking and learning. Questions: exercise children"s sense of agency, develop valuable and complex problem-solving skills, support children feeling in charge of their own learning. Inquiry-based approaches to learning harness [the] spirit of investigation, creating an interesting, engaging and meaningful curriculum that uses children"s interest and questions as a starting point for effective learning (touhill, 2012) Reflect a view of the child as a constructor of their own knowledge and learning. It is not a passive recipient of knowledge. Learning experiences should provide children to follow their own interests and shape their own learning. Learning experiences extend beyond solitary activities, that can be repeated or returned to leads to ongoing involvement. Children"s engagement with the activities becomes deeper and richer. Reflect on what they have done previously.
