The more important truth is that it does not matter what we label Vivian Paley in the end if our goal is authenticity. It only matters that we disseminate her work to the next generation of early childhood teachers, so that they, too, may tame the classro
Indeed, part of Vivian鈥檚 genius, something that made her a great teacher researcher, was her commitment to try to understand, empathize, and be kind.听听
Vivian Paley鈥檚 contribution to the field of early childhood education and teacher education is certainly her approach to creating the space and opportunities for children to share their stories through storytelling and story acting, but it is much more.
Vivian鈥檚 desire to create space for stories, her ability to listen fully and her longing to elevate, illuminate and understand children鈥檚 play all continue to push me to be a better teacher.听
Whenever I teach theories of child development, I always include Vivian Paley among the inductive theorists that early childhood teachers need to know.
Christopher鈥檚 work can help us replace a deficit view of difficulty with a more trusting approach to children as they work through the challenges that serve their current developmental and relationship growth (Madrid, Fernie, & Kantor 2015).
In their teacher research project, Diane, Keri, and Kelly collected evidence, analyzed video-recordings and transcripts, discovered their truths, and transformed their teaching.
Openness to learning navigates us to undertake more research which, especially when we apply teacher research, reveals even more how much more we have to learn.
This commentary by Megina Baker makes clear that teacher research has a new generation of scholars who are passionate about the methodology and ready to lead us into the future.
We are so pleased to be able to offer you the 2019 compilation of Voices of Practitioners articles. This volume marks VOP鈥檚 15th year as an online journal.
Como padre o madre de un ni帽o o ni帽a que est谩 aprendiendo dos o m谩s idiomas, usted puede sustentar la habilidad y el inter茅s de usar todos los idiomas que escuche su hijo al entusiasmarse y divertirse con el multiling眉ismo.听
So what is a parent to do when they have a room full of playthings and a child who is not interested in picking any of it up? Here are five tips I鈥檝e gathered from my career as an early childhood educator and my experience as a mom
For teachers, it is essential to see and understand your own culture in order to see and understand how the cultures of children and their families influence children鈥檚 behavior.
Read the following story and teacher reflections from Matthew Lawrence, and use the Reflective Questions below to deepen your thinking and shape your teaching practices.
