Course Contents

Week 1 • Introduction to the Pakistan National Curriculum in ECE • Syllabus Designing and Teaching Methods in ECE • Innovative Teaching and Learning Techniques in ECE • Learning Styles and Communication in Teaching • Instructional strategies • Webb’s depth of knowledge • Use of Online Sources Week 2 • Engaging the Senses: Experiential Learning • Activity-based Method in ECE and TEYL • Colors, Visuals and Communication (CVC) in ECE Week 3 • Setting up Learning Centers • Learning Theories and Styles • Teaching Dyslexic and Special Children Week 4 • 5 E Lesson Planning • 5 E in Classroom Management, Integrated Lesson Planning & Concept-based Learning • 5E in Teaching Techniques • 5E and Cognitive, Emotional and Social development in children. Week 5 Teaching Literacy: expository methods, conversational methods • Expository Methods (description, explanation, etc.) and conversational methods (conversation, heuristic conversation, questioning on a special subject, etc.) • Exploratory Learning Methods: systematic and independent observation, experiments, practical work, etc.) and indirect exploration (problem solving, demonstration through pictures, films, etc.) • Conversation Methods: (AV Aids in Individual, Group and Pair Work) Week 6 • Task based Instruction (TBI) • TBLT and TEYL in ECE • EPL in ECE • Creating environments • Using core values in the environment • The anti-bias environment • The self-help environment • The inclusive environment Week 7 • Teaching with STEAM • SDBTE (State, Design, Build, Test and Evalute) in Teaching and Learning • STEAM and Play-way Method Week 8 • Teaching Math (numeracy) • Inductive, Deductive, Heuristic,, Discovery, Analytic, Synthetic & Problem Solving Methods • Curriculum and Syllabus models • Teaching Techniques & Strategies for Testing and Evaluation • Mathematical Games WEEK 8 MID TERM Week 9 • Teaching Science and Engineering • Unit Method- Hands-on Activities, Project Based Learning • Peer-led Team Learning, Flipped Learning and Differentiation Week 10 • Integrated Technology for ECE • Using Direct Instruction, Flipped Classrooms, Kinesthetic Learning, Differentiated Instruction, Inquiry-based Learning, Expeditionary Learning, Personalized and Game-based Learning. Week 11 • Cooperative Learning • Pair and Group Work for Shared Objectives Cooperative Learning for Projects Week 12 • Differentiated Instruction • Differentiated Instruction for Need-based Learning • Learning Styles Week 13 • Cross-Curriculum Teaching • Concept-based Teaching and Learning Week 14 • Assessment For Learning • Developing Educational Activities • Assessment Tools for TEYL and ECE Teaching Week 15 Presentations Review of existing English text books and syllabi

Course Synopsis

This course will enable emerging ECE (Early Childhood Education) teachers to relate theoretical concepts with classroom processes. The guided interaction will prepare learners for meaningful and interactive placement in ECE settings. Preparing how to engage with children will inculcate a sense of planning and readiness in dealing with children and experience hands on the developmental range in responses. They will learn the art of lesson planning, along with building on different tips and strategies required for teaching and learning. A good base to initiate thinking, reasoning and problem solving is to adopt multiple approaches to engage with children keeping in mind the domains of growth, innovative use of materials and space.

Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of the module, students/ trainee teachers will be to learn, specify and apply key theories of teaching, materials and task design in ECE and explain how they relate to particular instructional practices; have clear insights into the concepts, theories and models underlying syllabus, materials and task design in ECE; have a comprehensive understanding of current developments in and debates about syllabus, materials and task design in ELT; understand the relevance of empirical and theoretical accounts of syllabus, materials, task design and teaching methods in ECE; show critical awareness of issues of design and representation in published learning materials; evaluate syllabi, materials and teaching practices in their own professional and cultural contexts in the light of current theories. The trainee teachers will be able to practice and learn Hands-on techniques and strategies for teaching and engaging young learners, including the use of Total Physical Response, Communicative Language Teaching and Task Based Learning. Special focus will be on Differentiated instruction, Cooperative learning, teaching numeracy and using STEAM as an approach for using Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics to guide student inquiry, dialogue, and critical thinking.