The Art of Awareness (eBook)

How Observation Can Transform Your Teaching

Deb Curtis, Margie Carter (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022 | 3. Auflage
Redleaf Press (Verlag)
978-1-60554-731-2 (ISBN)

Infos

With new chapters and updates from early childhood leaders Deb Curtis and Margie Carter invite early childhood educators to learn the art and skill of observation.

The art of observing children is more than merely the act of watching them—it is also using what you see and hear to craft new opportunities in your classroom. This resource provides a wealth of inspiration and practice. It will help early childhood educators learn to observe in new ways, witness children's remarkable competencies as they experience childhood, and find new joy in their work with children.

The third edition updates include

New information on schema theory including a list of the definitions of schemas

Updated stories that reflect schema explorations and focus on observing children’s ability to get along

Added information on identity development and the anti-bias goals

New chapter on observing children using their bodies

New QR codes to videos to continue learning

Updates on technology and approaches to keeping observations at the center of required assessments

Autor

Margie Carter’s speaking and consulting work as a teacher educator has her traveling throughout North America and New Zealand. With social justice as a lens, she is concerned about play as an equity issue, cultural and linguistic democracy, and uplifting the leadership, respect, and compensation of a diverse body of educators. 

Deb Curtis is a passionate advocate for children and the adults who care for and educate them. She has spent over forty-five years working with children and teachers in early childhood programs throughout North American and is dedicated to learning meaningful anti-bias, anti-racist teaching practices with young children to help create a kinder, more equitable world.

Inhalt

Introduction
Chapter 1 A New Way of Being with Children: An Overview of the Study Sessions 
Chapter 2 Study Session: Learning to See 
Chapter 3  Study Session: Observing for Children’s Perspectives 
Chapter 4 Study Session: Observing Children’s Lively Minds 
Chapter 5 Study Session: Observing How Children Use Their Senses 
 Chapter 6 Study Session: Observing How Children Explore, Invent, and Construct 
Chapter 7 Study Session: Observing How Children Connect with the Natural World 
Chapter 8 Study Session: Observing How Children Seek Power, Drama, and Adventure 
Chapter 9 Study Session: Observing Children’s Eagerness for Drawing, Symbolic Representation, and Literacy
Chapter 10 Study Session: Observing How Children Form Relationships and Negotiate Conflict 
Chapter 11 Study Session: Observing Children with Their Families
Chapter 12 Getting Organized to Observe and Study Your Documentation 
Chapter 13 Using and Sharing Your Observations with Others 
Chapter 14 Using Observations for Planning and Assessment
References 
Additional Resources
Index 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.5.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Vorschule / Kita
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
• Schlagworte: Anti-bias strategies in early childhood, inspiration in early childhood, self-reflections, activities and observation stories
• ISBN-10: 1-60554-731-X / 160554731X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60554-731-2 / 9781605547312