Children at the Center: Transforming Early Childhood Education in the Boston Public Schools, Betty Bardige, Megina Baker, Ben Mardell
Автор: Bardige Betty, Baker Megina, Mardell Ben Название: Children at the Center: Transforming Early Childhood Education in the Boston Public Schools ISBN: 168253202X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682532027 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 28430.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Children at the Center provides a closely observed account of a decade-long effort to reshape the scope, direction, and quality of the Boston Public Schools' early childhood programs. Drawing on multiple perspectives and voices from the field, the authors highlight the reflective, collaborative, inquiry-driven approach undertaken by the program and share lessons learned.Boston Public Schools are recognized for embedding high-quality, public preK programs in their system and achieving exceptional results. In this book, the authors outline the core principles that underlie the district's early childhood programs and explore the role of curriculum, professional development, coaching, and data use in supporting these new initiatives. They show how the Boston Public Schools Department of Early Childhood was able to work with and against the constraints of the current accountability system to create a holistic, child-centered, play-based program that has had a significant impact in narrowing income-based learning gaps.Written in collaboration with the Department of Early Childhood Education, this account of creating successful preK programs in a diverse urban district will provide a valuable resource for practitioners engaged in similar work across the country.
Автор: Sharon Lynn Kagan, Kristie Kauertz Название: Early Childhood Systems: Transforming Early Learning ISBN: 0807752975 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780807752975 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 74850.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: <p>In this seminal volume, leading authorities strategise about how to create early childhood systems that transcend politics and economics to serve the needs of all young children. The authors offer different interpretations of the nature of early childhood systems, discuss the elements necessary to support their development, and examine how effectiveness can be assessed. With a combination of cutting-edge scholarship and practical examples of systems-building efforts taking place in the field, this book provides the foundation educators and policymakers need to take important steps toward developing more conceptually integrated approaches to early childhood care, education, and comprehensive services. </p>
Transforming Schools demonstrates how transformation is no longer an option in teaching and learning - it has become a necessity. Changes in the way we work and the challenges of issues such as climate change, poverty and migration mean that teaching and learning need to alter to incorporate capacities that will help us meet those challenges. The 4Cs: Creativity, Critical Reflection, Communication and Collaboration have long been present in education, but Transforming Schools demonstrates how schools can change teaching and leadership to embed and enact the 4Cs to make them central to dynamic and exciting learning.
Miranda Jefferson and Michael Anderson demonstrate how a renewed approach to teaching that integrates the 4Cs can better equip today's learners. They draw on their own international research and experiences in school transformation in a variety of school settings, working in partnership with practitioners, researchers, students and the community. The authors consider how schools might reorganise themselves to become more relevant to their students and to the community. Practical strategies for transformation are included throughout the chapters to demonstrate how learning can be supported and how the 4Cs can be made explicit in schools. These examples will support school leadership teams and teachers to explicitly teach the 4Cs in relevant and challenging ways. This book is essential reading for those looking to transform schools and more effectively meet the needs of today's learners.
Автор: Wilson, Ruth (early Childhood Writer, Usa) Название: Nature and young children ISBN: 1138553344 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138553347 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 30610.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Now in its third edition, Nature and Young Children promotes the holistic development of children by connecting them with nature. It offers practical advice on how to set up indoor and outdoor nature play spaces as well as encouraging environmentally responsible attitudes, values and behaviour in your early childhood setting.
With fully revised chapters in line with recent developments to policy and practice, and brand new material covering Early Childhood Education for Sustainability, the power of pro-nature poetry and philosophical discussions, and children living in urban environments, this book reveals just how important nature play can be in the development of young children.
The user-friendly chapters offer guidance on:
alternative settings for nature-focused programs
culturally sensitive approaches to nature play in early childhood
the role of the adult in nature-based learning
using nature play for cross-curricular learning
environmentally appropriate practices
integrating nature education and peace education
health, safety, and risky play.
Highly accessible, detailed and now extensively updated, Nature and Young Children will provide all early years practitioners, teachers and students with a wealth of ideas on how to foster creative play and learning in nature-focused environments while also encouraging positive connections with nature.
Learn how exemplary countries are advancing the development of their youngest citizens. Drawing on a groundbreaking study by Sharon Lynn Kagan and her colleagues, The Early Advantage 2 extracts the essential elements from six high-performing systems to determine what must be considered when creating and implementing programs and policies for young children and their families. Challenging conventional thinking, the text offers scores of concrete examples, as well as multiple strategies, considerations, and approaches useful to leaders worldwide. Readers will find that this vibrant, thoughtful volume honors local traditions, histories, and contexts as it extracts compelling approaches to advancing early childhood systems. Use this volume, along with The Early Advantage 1, for a complete insider's guide to changing how we think and enact innovative services and policies for young children.
Book Features:
Rigorous research that uses common design and protocols, with repeated validations conducted.
Actionable strategies for building successful early childhood systems that offer unique and applicable perspectives.
Successful international examples that inform how different jurisdictions across the globe plan and enact services for young children.
The Early Advantage was funded and supported by the National Center on Education and the Economy's Center on International Education Benchmarking as part of NCEE's research into the 9 Building Blocks for a World-Class Education System.
Автор: Jane Murray Название: Early Childhood Pedagogies: Creating Spaces for Young Children to Flourish ISBN: 036723095X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367230951 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 45930.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book is a collection of empirical research reports and discursive papers that rejects the notion of a single `optimal` early childhood pedagogy in favour of diverse pedagogic practices. This book was originally published as a special issue of Early Child Development and Care.
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