| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 196 pages) |
| Series |
Practitioner inquiry series |
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Practitioner inquiry series.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Helen Featherstone -- Introduction / Patricia F. Carini -- In the company of children and adolescents : making space for meaningful learning. Measure twice, cut once : expanding choices for children / Betsy Nolan -- An over-repeating story / Ellen Schwartz -- "Let's make a play!" / Karen Bushnell -- Many voices : children observing and describing / Rhoda Kanevsky -- Questioning history / Steve Shreefter -- In the company of teachers : Prospect's Descriptive Review of Practice. Remembering the child, resisting distraction / Peg Howes -- Round tables and grids : paving the way to a review of practice / Bruce Turnquist -- The art of teaching : reflecting, questioning, documenting. Drawing the child forward : keeping and using narrative records / Lynne Yermanock Strieb -- Valued work : examining and reexamining teaching practice / Kiran Chaudhuri -- Making room for the child : recollecting childhood, valuing the child's perspective. Recollecting play : its meaning then, its message now / Francesca Michaelides Weiss -- Worlds apart, worlds together : memory as catalyst / Louisa Cruz-Acosta -- Trusting Aidan with math : challenging expectations / Regina Ritscher -- Paying attention to Justin : small changes, big strides / Ann Caren -- Sustaining the struggle : vision and vigilance. We still have books, we still have questions / Betsy Wice -- Wiggle room : pushing the boundaries / Chris Powers -- Off and running : pushing back and creating community / Katharine Walmsley -- Reclaiming Kindergarten / Anne C. Martin -- Conclusion / Ellen Schwartz -- Appendix : Prospect's Descriptive Review of Practice |
| Summary |
"This powerful collection will inspire new and veteran teachers to "make space" for children's interests, for teaching as relational and intellectual work, and for new insights and ideas. The authors introduce the Prospect Center's Descriptive Review of Practice, a collaborative inquiry process that provides an opportunity for teachers to examine their practice and gain new perspectives from other participants. The contributors to this volume respond to each child's modes of thinking as they develop curriculum or find "wiggle room" in curricula they are given. By demonstrating how it is possible to pursue careful knowledge of craft, this book offers ways of teaching that allow for continuing growth and change."--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Active learning.
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Group work in education.
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
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Active learning
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Group work in education
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Martin, Anne C., editor
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Schwartz, Ellen, editor
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Featherstone, Helen, 1944- writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9780807773055 |
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0807773050 |
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