Using the sources listed below, reflect on this passage, and then analyse and explain what research recommends as the key considerations for a high quality, responsive educational program for infants and toddlers. Your response should include discussion of the central aspects of relationship-based pedagogy, and how responsive interactions and supportive relationships with skilled educators foster the learning of infants and toddlers.
Evidence of exemplary use of all the sources to provide an informed and thoughtfully synthesised analysis of the current research. Key aspects very comprehensively identified and explained. USE 5 SOURCES provided
Christie, T. (2018). Respect: The heart of serving infants and toddlers. YC: Young Children, 73(3), 87-89.
Dalli, C. (2018). Refreshing our work with infants and toddlers: Mantras from theory and research into practice. Early Childhood Folio, 22(1), 15-20. https://doi.org/10.18296/ecf.0047
Dalli, C. (2014). Quality for babies and toddlers in early years settings [Occasional paper 4]. TACTYC: Association for Professional Development in Early years. https://tactyc.org.uk/occasional- papers/occ-paper-4-prof-carmendalli/
Degotardi, S. (2017). Joint attention in infant-toddler early childhood programs: Its dynamics and potential for collaborative learning. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 18(4), 409-412.
La Paro, K., & Gloeckler, L. (2016). The context of childcare for toddlers: The “Experience Expectable Environment’. Early Childhood Education Journal, 44(2), 147-153. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-015-0699-0
Lally, J., & Mangione, P. (2017). Caring relationships: The heart of early brain development. YC: Young Children, 72(2), 17-24.
Worley, L., & Goble, C. (2016). Enhancing the quality of toddler care – Supporting curiosity, persistence and learning in the classroom. YC: Young Children, 71(4), 32-37.
Reflection part Personal beliefs reflection – following on from your readings for the essay, write a 250 word reflection which reveals how the readings have inspired and/or challenged your key personal beliefs and values regarding the teaching of infants and toddlers (i.e. use of personal “I” statements permitted).