Author : Michael Gramling
Publisher : Redleaf Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 37,43 MB
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 1605543993
Examines the disconnect between public policy and classroom practice—and what educators need to change in order to teach children well.
Author : Rae Pica
Publisher : Redleaf Press
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 31,14 MB
Release : 2022-11-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 1605547727
Join the revolution in early childhood education! Early childhood educators are facing a crucial inflection point in the profession. Active learning for the whole child has been increasingly ignored by early childhood education decision-makers. Research shows that children need movement and play and joy to learn to their fullest potential—yet the educational system pushes worksheets and takes away time outdoors, among many other harmful and developmentally inappropriate teaching practices. Educators everywhere are tired of witnessing unrealistic expectations and impossible attempts to accelerate child development, stripping children of authentic learning—and their giggles. They are disturbed by the inequities that exist in education and want to see every child provided with the good foundation a quality early education can supply. They are fed up with the nonsense depriving children of childhood, requiring them to teach in ways that they know aren’t right! Without an understanding of child development guiding ECE policies, children have lost their love of learning and play and face growing health issues. This book challenges and inspires early childhood professionals to advocate for change in the field while giving them the research underpinnings and tools they need to take real action and bring back active, play-based learning for the development and education of the whole child. Including chapters on debunking myths in early childhood education, advocacy basics, and strategies for speaking up, it dispels the fears associated with speaking up and banishes all doubts about the need to advocate bravely and widely, proving the need to change course and providing practical and actionable steps for speaking to decision makers and convincing them to pursue change. Spark a Revolution in Early Education busts four myths—earlier is better, children learn by sitting, digital devices are important to learning, and play time is not productive time—to push for "Rae's Revolution" and get educators everywhere to stand up for the children.
Author : Michael Gramling
Publisher : Redleaf Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 21,47 MB
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 1605544000
Early childhood educators need to be cognizant of the disconnect between public policy and classroom practice—the success of children they teach depends on it. This book analyzes how ineffective practices are driven by unexamined public policies and why educators need to challenge their thinking in order to make a difference in children's lives. A very complex story about public policy and the importance of teaching is told while entertaining and engaging the reader throughout. Michael Gramling is an expert in providing family literacy training and positive guidance training and has conducted experiential supervisor and mentor coach institutes for Head Start programs.
Author : Mark K. Nagasawa
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 39,28 MB
Release : 2023
Category : Education
ISBN : 0807768146
"This accessible collection examines some of the most urgent policy issues facing early childhood care and education in the United States. Centering the perspectives of Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color, chapters advance practice-based recommendations for how the nation's inequitable systems can be transformed"--
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Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 30,5 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Early childhood education
ISBN :
This document summarizes presentations made at a national policy forum concerning children's transition from home and preschool to the first years of elementary school. Three presentations by individual speakers examined: (1) the strategic importance of linkages and the transition between early childhood programs and early elementary school; (2) program coordination and other issues in strengthening linkages; and (3) findings and implications of a study on transitions to kindergarten in American schools. Three panel discussions considered the following topics: assessment issues related to transition; policy issues related to developmentally appropriate curricula, parental involvement, and multiculturalism; and administrative issues and barriers to the development of stronger linkages and transition programs. Small group sessions discussed barriers to, strategies for, and policy implications of, the development of transition programs. These sessions also tried to incorporate the information presented in the forum into regional agendas for support of transition programs. Appendices include a list of forum participants and a description of the early childhood program efforts of each of the 10 educational research laboratories. (BC)
Author : Nancy P. Alexander
Publisher : Gryphon House, Inc.
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 46,1 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 0876594135
For experts in the field of early care and education, defining and providing technical assistance can be as difficult as nailing jelly to the wall. Learn to effectively coach, mentor, and train early childhood teachers and administrators with guided experiences, strategies, and activities to provide technical assistance in specific program areas like parent involvement, science, outdoor play, music, and art. Nailing Jelly to the Wall is written for: early childhood consultants offering an objective, outside view of what is needed to improve a program; mentors serving as a role model for others who are building a career in early childhood; coaches helping others in the field of early childhood improve their skills and knowledge by providing resources, demonstrations, and guidance; and program administrators working with their own staff to provide professional development and guidance.
Author : Nancy File
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 11,90 MB
Release : 2024
Category : Education
ISBN : 0807769304
"Influential leaders reveal how they have helped to shape the field of early childhood education to help us understand what is important to young children and their families"--
Author : Gaile Sloan Cannella
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 16,47 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN :
From a critical perspective, some early childhood educators have proposed that the knowledge base used to ground the field actually serves to support the status quo, reinforces prejudices and stereotypes, and ignores the real lives of children. The purpose of this book is to deconstruct early childhood education, identifying and evaluating the themes and forms of discourse that have dominated the field, leading to the construction of specific theories and forms of practice that privilege particular groups of children and adults and oppress others. An alternative avenue for early childhood education is posited that focuses on social justice and human agency.
Author : Erika Christakis
Publisher : Viking
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,64 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0525429077
Parents of young children today are in crisis: pick the "wrong" preschool and your child won't get into the "right" college. Christakis believes we have confused schooling with learning: children are hardwired to learn in any setting, but they punch below their weight when "learning" is defined by strict lessons and dodgy metrics that devalue a child's intelligence. Here, she explores what it's like to be a young child in America today, in a world designed by and for adults.
Author : Ann Gadzikowski
Publisher : Redleaf Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 29,92 MB
Release : 2013-05-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 1605542520
Nearly every early childhood classroom has an exceptionally bright child—from the child who starts reading independently at age three to the child who would rather take apart his tricycle than ride on it. This book's strategies help educators create a richer learning environment where exceptionally bright children are encouraged to learn beyond prescribed curriculum goals. It includes identifiers of exceptionally bright children, ideas to change the pace, level, or method of teaching in response to the needs of individual children, and guidance for working with families. Ann Gadzikowski is the early childhood coordinator at Northwestern University's Center for Talent Development.
