Learning Together with Young Children: A Curriculum Framework for Reflective Teachers

by Deb Curtis, Margie Carter (Other), Deb Curtis (Other)

Overview

Offering an alternative approach to standardization and data-driven mandates, this book puts children at the center of planning your curriculum. Rather than a prescriptive curriculum, by using The Thinking Lens® protocol, teachers can translate educational theories into concrete ideas for working with children and families. Learn to create a welcoming classroom culture, develop routines for self-regulation, and use Learning Stories to enhance experiences for the children in your care.

This book has been updated to examine how to work with mandated curriculum, rating scales, and assessment tools, while practicing reflective teaching.

Margie Carter holds a MA from Pacific Oaks College and has worked as a preschool, kindergarten, and primary school teacher, curriculum developer, High/Scope trainer, child care director, and college instructor.

Deb Curtis holds a MA in human development from Pacific Oaks College and has worked as an infant/toddler caregiver, preschool and school age child care teacher, CDA trainer, Head Start education coordinator, college instructor, and assistant director of a child care program.

Carter and Curtis have published six books together, including Designs for Living and Learning and The Art of Awareness .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781605545226
Publisher:	Redleaf Press
Publication date:	07/04/2017
Pages:	330
Sales rank:	428,976
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Margie Carter holds an MA from Pacific Oaks College and has worked as a preschool, kindergarten, and primary school teacher, curriculum developer, High/Scope trainer, child care director, and college instructor.

Deb Curtis holds an MA in human development from Pacific Oaks College and has worked as an infant/toddler caregiver, preschool and school age child care teacher, CDA trainer, Head Start education coordinator, college instructor, and assistant director of a child care program.

Carter and Curtis have published six books together, including Designs for Living and Learning and The Art of Awareness .

Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: A Curriculum Framework for Reflective Teaching

Chapter 2: Create a Nourishing Classroom Culture

Chapter 3: Enhance the Curriculum with Materials

Chapter 4: Teaching the Whole Child (NEW)

Chapter 5: Bring Yourself to the Teaching and Learning Process

Chapter 6: Coach Children to Learn about Learning

Chapter 7: Dig Deeper to Learn with Children

Chapter 8: Adapt the Curriculum Framework for Different Settings

Chapter 9: Claim Your Responsibility to Life Fully and Teach Well

Appendices

Editorial Reviews

"Reading through this book provides a framework, a canvas if you will, you can develop your program/painting to represent the richness and complexity of your staff, children and families. This book is foundational to the rich tapestry of our work." —Kristie Norwood, education coordinator, Ounce of Prevention

"Important questions appear at the very beginning of this thought-provoking book: What do we believe the purpose of education to be? What is quality? Who gets to decide? In Carter and Curtis’ usual friendly, accessible, and encouraging style, this second edition of Learning Together with Young Children then leads us from big questions to our everyday challenges, to core principles, and then on to practical and vivid examples of how teachers have learned alongside and with children to 'live fully and teach well.'" —Susan Stacey, author of Emergent Curriculum in Early Childhood Settings

"Drawing from the latest discoveries on brain development, holistic education, anti-bias curricula, and teacher research this book is a must-have for new or experienced early childhood educators, coaches, administrators and policy makers. It offers inspirational stories from real classrooms where school communities have transformed not only their environments, but the way they envision the educational experience for young children and their families."—Isauro M. Escamilla, NAEYC Governing Board member

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