Teaching as Inquiry
Rethinking Curriculum in Early Childhood Education with a Foreword by Jeanne Goldhaber
Published on 15. October 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-0-205-41264-8 (ISBN)
Description
This text helps teach pre-service teachers the art of inquiry-instilling in students a sense of wonder, curiosity, asking questions, looking for answers, and making sense of the world in different ways. The authors see teaching as an art that supports the learner in multiple ways, using different tools that are responsive to their individual orientation or to their multiple intelligences. Teaching as Inquiry is based on best practice and centers around the philosophies of Reggio Emilia, as well as Dewey, Vygotsky, Piaget, Gardner and others.
The book has a unique structure that focuses on helping future teachers understand the theory and apply it practically. Each chapter begins with a story from the classroom, followed by a list of questions to be considered throughout the chapter. "Think About It" boxes ask students to pause and reflect, and each chapter ends with suggestions for "Getting Started" as well as Web resources and suggested readings.
The book has a unique structure that focuses on helping future teachers understand the theory and apply it practically. Each chapter begins with a story from the classroom, followed by a list of questions to be considered throughout the chapter. "Think About It" boxes ask students to pause and reflect, and each chapter ends with suggestions for "Getting Started" as well as Web resources and suggested readings.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-41264-8 (9780205412648)
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Content
Preface.
Welcome to our book.
Author Biographies
I. THE JOURNEY TO BECOME A TEACHER.
1. An Invitation to Life: The Art of Teaching.
2. How You Teach is Who You Are.
3. The Teacher as Researcher: Asking Questions, Discovering Answers.
4. The Pre-Professional Portfolio: Documenting Self.
II. THE CHILD AS PROVOCATEUR.
5. The Child as Cultural Invention: Reconstructing Images of the Child.
6. Creating Spaces for Children to be Known and Valued: Educational and Caring Spaces.
III. FAMILIES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER: LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER.
7. A Family, Centered Model: Parent-Teacher Partnerships.
8. The Amiable School: Incorporating Everyone into the Equation.
IV. THE TOOLS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING.
9. Negotiating a Curriculum: The Long Story.
10. The Use of Documentation in an Inquiry-Based Classroom.
11. Projects as a Key to Community Building.
12. Four Public School Teachers Speak Out about Inquiry-Based Classrooms with older students.
Index.
Welcome to our book.
Author Biographies
I. THE JOURNEY TO BECOME A TEACHER.
1. An Invitation to Life: The Art of Teaching.
2. How You Teach is Who You Are.
3. The Teacher as Researcher: Asking Questions, Discovering Answers.
4. The Pre-Professional Portfolio: Documenting Self.
II. THE CHILD AS PROVOCATEUR.
5. The Child as Cultural Invention: Reconstructing Images of the Child.
6. Creating Spaces for Children to be Known and Valued: Educational and Caring Spaces.
III. FAMILIES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER: LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER.
7. A Family, Centered Model: Parent-Teacher Partnerships.
8. The Amiable School: Incorporating Everyone into the Equation.
IV. THE TOOLS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING.
9. Negotiating a Curriculum: The Long Story.
10. The Use of Documentation in an Inquiry-Based Classroom.
11. Projects as a Key to Community Building.
12. Four Public School Teachers Speak Out about Inquiry-Based Classrooms with older students.
Index.