Promote Children Agency

Question: Write a report about the promote children agency. Answer: Introduction Child educator is the stem of education that concerns the teaching of young people who teaches young children both formally and informally until the age of eight (Linder et al. 2014). Infant education is the subset of education that designates the education that is imparted to the children from birth up to two year old. There are many factors that an educator should follow while imparting knowledge to the children. Element 1.1.6 Each childs agency is promoted, enabling them to make choices and decisions and influence events and their world. An agency should assist a child to develop his or her own interpretation capability. Active participation of a child in making decisions will help the educator to acknowledge the learning and implementing capacity of the child (Chen and McCray 2014). The educator should furnish strategies that will encourage the child to make independent choice. Attempt of a child needs appreciation so that they can gain confidence to learn something new. Educator should allow children to play on their own so that they can learn from their own experience. Leadership skill and role-play are very important criterion that needs assessing. Educators need to provide opportunities so that children can exhibit their skills. Element 1.2.2 Educators respond to children's ideas and play and use intentional teaching to scaffold and extend each child's learning. An educator needs to acknowledge that international teaching takes place in social context. An educator should understand the purposefulness and thoughtfulness of international learning. Conversation and interaction are two vital tools for international teaching (Murphy et al. 2014). Educator should promote the worthiness of children learning through challenging experiences. An educator needs to implement strategy so that the children can expand their field of learning and thinking. Scaffolding of learning and thinking of children is a remarkable way to motivate them. Spontaneous use of teachable moment is essential. An educator should implement innovative ways so that than children can learn proficiently and expand their span of knowledge. Element 5.1.2 Every child is able to engage with educators in meaningful, open interactions that support the acquisition of skills for life and learning. Above statement delineates that adolescences needs to engage in spontaneous conversations with the educator. They should be able to answer to the question to why something happened and what can one learn from them (Warwick, Mercer and Kershner 2013). Educator needs to participate in play with the children and guide them so that they can correctly involve in playing. Children need to ask questions to the educators so that they can learn new things. The educator can use gestures and other techniques or tools to guide the children so that the children can effectively participate in the communication. Element 5.2.1 Each child is supported to work with, learn from and help others through collaborative learning opportunities. The statement elucidates that children needs to participate in-group activities and make friendship with other children. They should engage themselves with in delightful conversations with the peers, play together, and respect decisions made by others (Charlesworth 2015). Educator should motivate the children to engage in interactions. An educator needs to help and guide the children so that they can learn important lesson while playing. Part B An intentional teacher is someone who teaches beyond textbook and utilizes any teachable moment he or she gets. Through intentional teaching, an educator can imbibe behavioral learning in a child to develop the childs character (Rainio and Hilpp 2016). Scaffolding learning is the bridleway through which a teacher demonstrates how to approach and solve a problem and then encourage the child to step forward and attempt to resolve the problem independently. Childrens agency is an independent organization where children make their choices freely. When children develop the feeling of the agency then they try to take pertinent decision for themselves. The agency provides the child with tasks and responsibilities so that the child can develop perseverance and resilience. Part C Implement intentional teaching An educator needs to observe a child first and then provide them tools to assess the childs development. If a child can compare object and can deduce which one is long or which one is short then an educator can provide the child play dough so that through manipulation of play dough the educator can also introduce simple concept of math (Wight and Fullerton 2013). An educator can create a wide learning environment so that the children can explore different objects so that they can learn by thinking, negotiating, choosing and problem solving. An educator may join in and help them to tune in and guide them in the process. Assist children to scaffold learning with one another An educator can encourage a child to engage into group activities so that they can learn from their peers. Suppose a child do not know how to build tower with building blocks an educator should motivate the child to engage in-group play so that he can learn from his peer with some guidance from them. Suppose a child cannot solve a math problem, an educator may ask a child who can solve the problem to act as peer teacher and assist the other child to do the sum. Promote childrens agency A child should go through experiences so that they can recognize their identity (Hartas 2015). Educator should provide them with opportunities like talking time where they can talk about themselves and present their perspective about certain things. This will help them to gain confidence and become self-dependent. An educator can organize gardening sessions for children. They will realize that they are doing a grown up thing will help them to grow independent. Conclusion: An educator should always guide a child to become independent. Allowing children to make their choices will definitely help them to be confident. An educator plays a significant role in a childs life as he or she helps the child to understand the values of life. They should indulge into interaction with the children to know about their perspective. Children need to participate in activities played in groups so that they can understand the value of friendship and learn lessons like risk taking and decision making. Reference: Charlesworth, R., 2015.Math and science for young children. Cengage Learning. 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