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New York, Teachers College Press, 2002.
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| Description |
ix, 250pPurple Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
Provides a constructivist interpretation of developmentally appropriate curriculum in early childhood education. Rheta DeVries, one of the founders of constructivist early education, and her colleagues provide the theoretical rationale and practical advice for conducting specific activities in the classroom. Descriptive vignettes are used to show how children's reasoning and teacher interventions are transformed in the course of extended experience with a physical phenomenon or group game.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Rheta DeVries
Part. I. Understanding Constructivist Education / Rheta DeVries
The Political Problem of Play-Oriented Curriculum.
Ch. 1. Play in the Early Education Curriculum: Four Interpretations / Rheta DeVries.
Ch. 2. What is Constructivist Education? Definition and Principles of Teaching / Rheta DeVries, Rebecca Edmiaston and Betty Zan / [et al.].
Ch. 3. Assessing and Documenting Learning in Constructivist Classrooms / Rebecca Edmiaston
Part. II. Physical-Knowledge Activities / Rheta DeVries.
Ch. 4. Casting Shadows / Rheta DeVries, Betty Zan and Rebecca Edmiaston / [et al.].
Ch. 5. Exploring the Art and Science of Musical Sounds / Carolyn Hildebrandt and Betty Zan. Ch. 6. Cooking Transformations / Betty Zan, Rebecca Edmiaston and Christina Sales.
Ch. 7. Experimenting with Draining and Movement of Water in Tubes / Rheta DeVries, Hyang Lim Kwak and Christina Sales.
Ch. 8. Developing Geometric Reasoning Using Pattern Blocks / Christina Sales and Carolyn Hildebrandt
Part. III. Group Games / Rheta DeVries, Betty Zan and Carolyn Hildebrandt.
Ch. 9. Using Group Games to Teach Mathematics / Carolyn Hildebrandt and Betty Zan.
Ch. 10. Variations on a Checkers Theme / Betty Zan
Epilogue / Rheta DeVries
Appendix: Stages in Children's Reasoning about Shadows / Rheta DeVries.
References
Index
About the authors
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| Standard Number |
0807741205 Pb.
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