
Telling a Different Story
Teaching and Literacy in an Urban Preschool
Catherine Wilson(Author)
Teachers' College Press
Will be published approx. on 1. December 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-8077-3898-6 (ISBN)
Description
This clear, thought-provoking close study of teaching practices invites us into the classroom of a Head Start teacher and her assistant as they confront the challenges of early childhood education. Through classroom scenes and dialogue, Catherine Wilson explores the role that reading to children plays in an early childhood program. Drawing on the recent knowledge base on childhood literacy, Wilson looks forward, highlighting and discussing a new set of questions about prevailing prescriptions for "developmentally appropriate practice" and emergent literacy. She focuses directly on story reading and the decisions that teachers make in using children's literature in their teaching as well as the impact of public policy on teachers, children, and families. This well-written volume will interest teachers, teacher educators, and anyone concerned with childhood literacy and improving classroom practices.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
181 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8077-3898-6 (9780807738986)
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Persons
Catherine Wilson has been an early childhood teacher and children's librarian, and is currently assistant professor in Early Childhood Education at Park College.