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Toddlers: Avoid Chaos By Matching Activities To Developmental Levels, Genan Anderson
Toddlers: Avoid Chaos By Matching Activities To Developmental Levels, Genan Anderson
Genan Anderson
The key to success in caring for toddlers is capitalizing on the knowledge that toddlers will engage repetitively in an activity that is on the edge of their ability to accomplish it with support. A range of activities are presented along with four skill levels on the task plus tips for facilitating the skill for each activity.
Creating Polyphony With Exploratory Web Documentation In Singapore, Sirene Lim, Chee Lum
Creating Polyphony With Exploratory Web Documentation In Singapore, Sirene Lim, Chee Lum
Sirene Lim
We introduce and reflect on "Images of Teaching", an ongoing web documentation research project on preschool teaching in Singapore. This paper discusses the project's purpose, methodological process, and our learning points as researchers who aim to contribute towards inquiry-based professional learning. The website offers a window into some Singaporean ways of working with young children in preschool settings; it contains video examples of authentic classroom teaching, contextualised with teacher reflections, artefacts, and interview transcripts. Based on two years of reflection and research meetings, we discuss four key learning points: a) utilising the affordances of web technology to create heteroglossia; b) …
The Teacher's Role In Child-Directed Play, Genan Anderson, Anita Spainhower
The Teacher's Role In Child-Directed Play, Genan Anderson, Anita Spainhower
Genan Anderson
In the context of a play scenario, the full range of strategies on the DAP Teaching Continuum used by a master teacher to facilitate mature socio-dramatic play is illustrated to the reader. The fluid, intentional movement of the teacher from strategy to strategy in response to the play of the children delineates the role the teacher plays in content-rich, child-directed play.
“I Go To School Six Days A Week”: The Role Of Cultural And Religious Practices Within Hybrid Turkish-American Communities In Supporting Academic And Socioemotional Growth, Zeynep Isik-Ercan
“I Go To School Six Days A Week”: The Role Of Cultural And Religious Practices Within Hybrid Turkish-American Communities In Supporting Academic And Socioemotional Growth, Zeynep Isik-Ercan
Zeynep Isik-Ercan
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