Develop a curriculum inspired by children’s emerging interests. Create an environment where children learn through play, inquiry, and exploration. This book explores the components of emergent curriculum and how its practices can improve the educational culture of early childhood programs. The updated edition includes new information on exploration of inquiry-based practice; reexamination of circle time and scripts for routines; expansion of invitations, including invitations for children learning a second language; new photos and documentation, and inclusion of Reggio Emilia.
Susan Stacey has worked in the field of early childhood for over thirty-five years, as an early childhood educator, director, and practicum advisor. She obtained her Master’s degree at Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena, California. Stacey frequently presents across North America about emergent curriculum, reflective and responsive practices, inquiry, documentation, and the role of the arts in early childhood education. She teaches adult early childhood education students at the Nova Scotia College of Early Childhood Education, and belongs to several professional organizations such as National Association for the Education of Young Children and the Canadian Childcare Federation. Stacey has presented frequently at NAEYC conferences, and has been published in Young Children, Young Exceptional Children, and Exchange. Her books with Redleaf include Emergent Curriculum in Early Childhood Settings, The Unscripted Classroom, and Pedagogical Documentation in Early Childhood.
Tabella dei contenuti
Emergent Curriculum in Early Childhood Settings
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction and Invitations
Chapter 1 Emergent Curriculum and Your Teaching Journey
Chapter 2 Observing to Capture Children’s Ideas
Chapter 3 The Role of Time
Chapter 4 Reflective Practice
Chapter 5 From Reflection to Curriculum
Chapter 6 Documentation—Making Thinking Visible
Chapter 7 The Teacher as Researcher
Chapter 8 Putting It All Together
Chapter 9 Emergent Curriculum as a Creative Act
References
Circa l’autore
Susan Stacey has worked in the field of early childhood for over 35 years, as an early childhood educator, director, practicum advisor and. She obtained her Master’s degree at Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena, California. Stacey frequently presents across North America about emergent curriculum, reflective and responsive practices, inquiry, documentation, and the role of the arts in ECE. She teaches adult ECE students at the N.S. College of Early Childhood Education, and belongs to several professional organizations such as NAEYC and the Canadian Childcare Federation. Stacey has presented frequently at NAEYC conferences, and has been published in
Young Children,
Young Exceptional Children, and
Exchange. Her books with Redleaf Press include
Emergent Curriculum in Early Childhood Settings,
The Unscripted Classroom, and
Pedagogical Documentation in Early Childhood.
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