Emergent Curriculum in Early Childhood Settings (eBook)

From Theory to Practice, Second Edition

Susan Stacey (Autor)

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2018 | 2. Auflage
Redleaf Press (Verlag)
978-1-60554-584-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Develop a curriculum inspired by children’s emerging interests to create an environment where children learn through play, inquiry, and exploration

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Develop a curriculum inspired by children's emerging interests. Create an environment where children learn through play, inquiry, and exploration. This book explores the components of emergent curriculum and how its practices can improve the educational culture of early childhood programs. The updated edition includes new information on exploration of inquiry-based practice; reexamination of circle time and scripts for routines; expansion of invitations, including invitations for children learning a second language; new photos and documentation, and inclusion of Reggio Emilia.

Susan Stacey has worked in the field of early childhood for over thirty-five years, as an early childhood educator, director, and practicum advisor. She obtained her Master's degree at Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena, California. Stacey frequently presents across North America about emergent curriculum, reflective and responsive practices, inquiry, documentation, and the role of the arts in early childhood education. She teaches adult early childhood education students at the Nova Scotia College of Early Childhood Education, and belongs to several professional organizations such as National Association for the Education of Young Children and the Canadian Childcare Federation. Stacey has presented frequently at NAEYC conferences, and has been published in Young Children, Young Exceptional Children, and Exchange. Her books with Redleaf include Emergent Curriculum in Early Childhood Settings, The Unscripted Classroom, and Pedagogical Documentation in Early Childhood.

Autor

Susan Stacey has worked in the field of early childhood for over 35 years, as an early childhood educator, director, practicum advisor and. She obtained her Master’s degree at Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena, California. Stacey frequently presents across North America about emergent curriculum, reflective and responsive practices, inquiry, documentation, and the role of the arts in ECE. She teaches adult ECE students at the N.S. College of Early Childhood Education, and belongs to several professional organizations such as NAEYC and the Canadian Childcare Federation. Stacey has presented frequently at NAEYC conferences, and has been published in Young Children, Young Exceptional Children, and Exchange. Her books with Redleaf Press include Emergent Curriculum in Early Childhood Settings, The Unscripted Classroom, and Pedagogical Documentation in Early Childhood.

Inhalt

Emergent Curriculum in Early Childhood Settings

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction and Invitations
Chapter 1Emergent Curriculum and Your Teaching Journey
Chapter 2Observing to Capture Children’s Ideas
Chapter 3The Role of Time
Chapter 4Reflective Practice
Chapter 5From Reflection to Curriculum
Chapter 6Documentation—Making Thinking Visible
Chapter 7The Teacher as Researcher
Chapter 8Putting It All Together
Chapter 9Emergent Curriculum as a Creative Act
References

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.2.2018
• Vorwort: Elizabeth Jones
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Vorschule / Kita
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
• Schlagworte: Bilingual • educational culture of early childhood programs • emergent curriculum • emerging interests • exploration • how do kids play • Inquiry • inquiry-based practice • Play • Reggio Emilia • routines • Technology • theory to practice
• ISBN-10: 1-60554-584-8 / 1605545848
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60554-584-4 / 9781605545844