Cooper, Patricia M.

The classrooms all young children need lessons in teaching from Vivian Paley / [electronic resource] : Patricia M. Cooper - Chicago : University Of Chicago Press, c2009 - 1 online resource (x, 235 p.)

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Prologue: An "N of 1" -- Introduction: Why interpret the clear? -- Early literacy, play, and a teaching philosophy -- Fantasy play and young children's search for meaning -- Storytelling and story acting : meaning extended -- Teaching as a moral act, classrooms as democratic spaces -- Race, pedagogy, and the search for fairness -- Fairness extended : superheroes, helicopters, and the unchosen -- Epilogue: The classrooms young children need--an "N of many" -- Appendix A: Guide to implementation of Paley's storytelling curriculum -- Appendix B: Sample stories -- Appendix C: Sample transcript of child dictation -- Appendix D: Becoming a teacher of stories


Mode of access : Internet

9780226115252 (electronic bk.) 0226115259 (electronic bk.)


Early childhood education--Philosophy
Play
Storytelling
Fantasy in children