The characteristics of age-appropriate pedagogies represent a set of desirable qualities teachers can consider when working with children and colleagues so they are responsive to each individual child, context and purpose of learning.
Click on each characteristic below for its description, associated research links, teacher and child behaviours unpacked and resources to further explore the characteristic.
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Access professional learning materials to support the implementation of age-appropriate pedagogies in the early years of school.