Title: Identify a variety of teaching methods to accommodate each child’s learning style.
Course: Early Childhood, Education, and Services I (19153-I) > Section: Exploring Curricula Responsive to Children’s Needs

Identification should include

- setting program goals and learning objectives
- researching a variety of teaching methods
- incorporating a variety of teaching methods into a curriculum

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What factors may influence teaching methods? How should a method for delivery of a subject, lesson, or activity be selected?
- What criteria should be used to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching methods?
- What might be the consequences of a failure to vary teaching methods?
- Why is it important for caregivers to encourage creativity?
- What teaching strategies encourage children to exercise their creativity?
- What materials and equipment encourage and foster creativity?
- How can children express creativity?
- What are the goals and benefits of culturally relevant care?
- Which teaching strategies foster a positive cultural identity in children?
- How can childcare professionals incorporate multiculturalism into a curriculum?
- What types of multicultural activities are appropriate for children of different ages?
- How can caregivers effectively incorporate a child's home language into the childcare setting?
- How does mainstreaming benefit children with special needs?
- How can caregivers address the needs of children in the early childhood environment?
- How can caregivers adapt the learning environment for children with special needs?
- What types of alternative forms of communication are effective with children with special needs?

Communication

- What communication skills are needed to use a variety of teaching methods?
- How can technology be incorporated into teaching methods?

Leadership

- How might leadership style influence a choice of teaching methods?
- What skills are needed to meet children’s developmental needs and interests?

Management

- What resources are needed to develop, implement, and assess a variety of teaching methods?