Film is simply too big and too influential a mass medium to ignore. Surprisingly enough, although film is already a staple in many composition classrooms, little has been written about its uses-leaving many of us uncertain of how to proceed. Cinema-(to)-Graphy takes you inside some of those classrooms, offering new ideas on integrating film and other visual media with student writing.Ellen Bishop divides the book into four sections based on where the authors locate themselves in the field of film and writing. These essays, if anything, resist easy categorization; all of them begin to unfold bo... View More...
This timely volume will help teachers on the front line to tackle the key challenges they face in today's classrooms with children ages 3-8. The authors show how good project work can provide solutions to problems that seem overwhelming to many teachers of young children. In The Power of Projects, a group of educators including Lilian Katz: Identify 5 key challenges in schools and centers today: 1. Overcoming the ill effects of poverty 2. Moving young children towards literacy 3. Responding to children's special needs 4. Helping children learn a second language5. Meeting standards effective... View More...
Here's an innovative approach for exploring children's literature -- poetry, fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, and nonfiction In a story drama, students become the characters in the stories and poems they hear and read. Literature and content area texts spring to life as students participate in dramatizing it. An exciting feature of this book is the addition of web site addresses so that students can explore topics in more depth and go on virtual field trips. View More...
Bobbi Fisher's book describes a very special classroom. It's a place where trust is fostered and the daily schedule, classroom space, and materials are all organized and orderly . . . where the teacher demonstrates and children participate in shared literacy . . . where children practice and share what they learn . . . where literature, reading, writing, math, science, and social studies are explored for authentic purposes. Where children pursue their own interests and areas of inquiry and parents' participation is encouraged. She describes a sharing classroom community where children and teac... View More...
The intention of this book is to engage educators in transforming the public school curriculum for a culturally diverse society. This means more than including knowledge about diverse populations. It means reconceptualizing school practices through debate, deliberation, and collaboration involving the diverse voices that comprise the nation. Certain key questions must be addressed in this process: * What should be the purpose of schooling in a culturally diverse society? * Who should be involved in curriculum planning and what process should be employed? * How is the actualized curriculum d... View More...
This text explores children constructing literacy, considers literacy in the home, and looks directly at literacy learning in preschool surroundings. The chapters discuss the role of parents in supporting the child's development and explain how the educator can link with the provision. View More...
The field of early childhood education has been heavily influenced by cognitive psychology and child development theory. Reconceptualizing the Early Childhood Curriculum: Beginning the Dialogue draws upon alternative modes of thinking, such as critical and feminist theory, which have been extensively discussed in curriculum studies but have rarely been applied to early childhood education. Editors Shirley A. Kessler and Beth Blue Swadener, along with early childhood theorists and practitioners, pay special attention to issues of gender, race, and ethnicity as reflected in these theories. View More...
This text on anti-bias activities integrates information about developmentally based planning and child development that reflects the current diversities of our society. Experiences have been designed to promote the positive self-esteem of each individual child, support the value of others' uniqueness and enable children to think critically about discrimination and acquire skills in pro-activism. Activities are organized by developmental areas and by curriculum areas (e.g. math, language, social studies, science, art, music, etc.). A sequential Anti-Bias Developmental Overview chart summarizes... View More...
