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Learn how to tap into and illuminate the creative potential in all learners with this inspiring and practical book. This book teaches educators to unlock the creativity in all learners while celebrating inquiry at its highest levels. Each chapter explores how to create learning spaces that invite deep inquiry, initiate thoughtful conversations, invite wonder and curiosity in learning each day, and maintain high levels of engagement. The approachable framework is built around the three-phase project model and is broken down into a user-friendly planning tool, explaining how to approach project-based teaching and learning in any early childhood classroom. Coupled with noteworthy true stories, sample units, and example pictures, early childhood educators will come away with tools and plans to enhance teaching and learning practices in their classroom through a project-based approach.
List of contents
1. Project-Based Learning and Your Inner Child 2. Shifting Thinking 3. A Plannable Framework 4. The Planning Process 5. Illuminating Learning 6. Achievable Documentation 7. Project-Based Learning Unit Samplers
About the author
Elizabeth Hoyle Konecni is an educator from New Orleans, Louisiana, and currently works as an educational consultant. She has served in various roles in her many years in education, including classroom teacher, administrator, curriculum specialist, and instructional coach.
Summary
Learn how to tap into and illuminate the creative potential in all learners with this inspiring and practical book. This book teaches early childhood educators to unlock the creativity in all learners while celebrating inquiry at its highest levels.
