TY - BOOK AU - Cooper,Patricia M. TI - The classrooms all young children need: lessons in teaching from Vivian Paley SN - 9780226115252 (electronic bk.) PY - 2009/// CY - Chicago PB - University Of Chicago Press KW - Early childhood education KW - Philosophy KW - Play KW - Storytelling KW - Fantasy in children N1 - Description based on print version record; 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 UR - http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=295578 ER -