Intentional Teaching - Second edition

Practical and easy-to-read, Intentional Teaching - Second edition helps educators in all settings to understand the principles of intentional teaching. This book highlights how intentional teaching practices can support learning outcomes for children and encourages educators to reflect on what they inform parents and how they document children’s learning. It includes shared understandings of intentional teaching through conversation and reflection with many educators.

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Intentional Teaching - Second edition

About the Author

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Anne Houghton

Anne Houghton has worked in early childhood education for five decades. Her roles include diverse experiences as a kindergarten teacher, kindergarten cluster management coordinator, consultant, trainer and assessor, professional development presenter and university lecturer for teacher education programs. Anne has had inspiring experiences presenting at conferences in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Japan and Malaysia. She has also worked as a casual research assistant in mentoring projects with the Bastow Institute and the University of Melbourne.

Anne is also a published author of There Stood Our Dog, a children’s story book, illustrated by Craig Smith and co-author with Joanna Cooper of Engaging Families in Your Early Childhood Services, Learning Environments: Inspiring Spaces and Visible Learning in Family Day Care funded through the Community Childcare Association of Victoria. Anne’s recent publications by Essential Resources include Intentional Teaching: Promoting Purposeful Practice in Early Childhood Settings, 2nd edn, (2024) and Documenting Children’s Learning: Disrupting the Myths (2023), co-authored with Kelly Goodsir.

Anne also shares her expertise through two practical, self-paced online courses designed for early childhood educators:

  • Cultural and Social Inclusion supports educators to create welcoming, respectful environments for children and families from diverse cultural backgrounds.
  • Building Social and Emotional Skills and Wellbeing focuses on fostering resilience, emotional regulation and a strong sense of self in young children.

    • Each course includes four engaging online modules and four high-quality book resources, helping educators reflect on and strengthen their practice. Whether you’re looking to refresh your knowledge or deepen your impact, these courses offer flexible, relevant professional learning aligned with early years frameworks for both the EYLF and the VEYLDF.

    Click here to explore all of Anne's Early Childhood professional development courses.