Our pedagogical approach in the nursery is to use the most appropriate method from all the leading educational pedagogies. This blended method makes the best use of our teaching environment and supports the curriculum.
We know that these pedagogies don’t necessarily disagree with one another, and one isn't better than the other. However, we are mindful of our strengths and weaknesses and always think about why we are introducing them into our practice.
Our blended approach is also based on research from the Department of Education (Pedagogy in early childhood education and care (ECEC): an international comparative study of approaches and policies). This research suggests that specific pedagogical approaches do not have better outcomes than more general pedagogical ones. The strength of our blended approach has the following advantages as it:
In summary, we focus on the quality of interactions between our teachers and children as this plays a highly important role in stimulating early learning. These high-quality interactions enables our teachers to genuinely be interested in what the child is doing; teachers are listening and extending their learning.
