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This essential guidebook offers creative, exciting ways for teachers to implement and support deep, authentic and transformative learning in early childhood. Each standalone chapter identifies a key focus for empowering children, exploring the research behind the habit, how it stimulates deep learning and the ways in which it can help address implicit hierarchies and disrupt oppression. Chapters feature hands-on activities, ideas for lessons and events that teachers can try, alongside techniques to involve parents and families, bringing this important work beyond the classroom walls.
List of contents
1. Empowering Young Children to be Social and Collaborative … How to Nourish Empathy, Understanding and Valuing Others 2. Empowering Young Children to be Playful and Joyful … How to Nourish Flexibility, Sharing Power and Handling the Unpredictable 3. Empowering Young Children to be Curious Inquirers … How to Nourish Experimentation and Innovation 4. Empowering Young Children for Autonomy and Agency … How to Nourish Freedom, Self-Determination and Confidence 5. Empowering Young Children to Take Their Time … How to Nourish Patience, Presence and Comfort with Discomfort 6. Empowering Young Children for Dynamic Movement in Nature … How to Nourish Embodiment and Ecological Attunement 7. Empowering Young Children to Value All Voices, Practice Dialogue … How to Nourish Active, Deep Listening and Critical Thinking
About the author
Wendy L. Ostroff is an applied developmental and cognitive psychologist, and Professor in the Hutchins School of Liberal Studies at Sonoma State University, USA.
Summary
This essential guidebook offers creative, exciting ways for teachers to implement and support deep, authentic, and transformative learning in early childhood. Chapters feature activities, ideas for lesson, events that teachers can try, and techniques to involve parents and families, bringing this important work beyond the classroom walls.
