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• Title:High-quality early learning for a changing world : what educators need to know and do / Beverly Falk ; foreword by Jacqueline Jones.
  
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• Author/Creator:Falk, Beverly, author.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Teachers College Press, [2018]
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: LB1139.25 .F35 2018
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Early childhood education--United States.
  
• Description:xvi, 189 pages ; 23 cm
  
• Series:Early childhood education series (Teachers College Press)
  
• Summary:"This is a concise overview of the fundamentals of teaching in early childhood settings (pre-K-2). Beginning with what the research tells us about how young children develop and learn, Falk shows how to create learning environments, plan, teach, and assess in ways that support children's optimal development"-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780807759400 paperback alkaline paper
  0807759406 paperback alkaline paper
  9780807776933 electronic book
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: Purposes
  State of Early Childhood Today
  Overview of the Book
  pt. I FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO GUIDE TEACHING
  1. Insights from Research on How Children Learn
  What We Know About How Young Children Learn
  Quality Early Education and Care: Turning Knowledge into Action
  2. Organizing the Classroom as a Learning Environment
  Physical Environment Supports Active Learning
  Role of the Teacher: Facilitator of Learning
  3. Routines and Transitions
  Flow of the Day
  Transitions
  4. Understanding the Context in Which You Teach
  Knowing About the School and Community in Which You Teach
  Understanding the Cultural Contexts of Your Learners
  Getting to Know Each Individual Learner
  pt. II LEARNING, CURRICULUM, AND ASSESSMENT
  5. Connecting Play, Purposes, Standards, and Goals
  Thinking About Purposes and Goals
  Importance of Play and Active Experiences
  Play, Standards, and Intentional Teaching
  6. Choice Time in Fanny's Kindergarten Classroom: Nurturing Learning Through Inquiry and Play
  Daily Choice Time Provides Opportunities for Active Learning and Inquiry
  Building on Children's Realities and Strengths
  Range of School Supports Nurture Teachers' Learning
  Nurturing 21st-Century Skills Through Active Learning
  7. Learning Through Interdisciplinary Curriculum Studies
  Joining with the Learner
  Designing Your Own Studies Versus Using Predesigned Curricula
  8. Joining with the Learner Through a Required Curriculum: The Subway Study in Emma's Prekindergarten Classroom
  Key Features of Joining with the Learner
  What It Takes to Make This Kind of Teaching Happen
  9. Walking Alongside the Learner Through a Teacher-Designed Curriculum: A Study of "Change" in Yvonne's Prekindergarten Classroom
  Organizing the Classroom for Active Learning
  Connecting to Children's Interests and Questions
  Teaching to Support How Children Learn
  Building Community in the Classroom
  School Context and Process to Support Learning
  10. Observing, Assessing, and Using Information to Inform Teaching and Support Learning
  Teacher-Kept Records
  Student Work Samples
  Student-Kept Records
  Documenting the Learning of the Group
  Weaving Assessment into the Curriculum: An Iterative Cycle
  Communicating About Children's Learning with Families and Communities
  11. Using Assessment to Inform Teaching and Support Learning: The Bronx River Study in Jessica and Andrene's 1st-Grade Classroom
  Context/Background
  Incorporating Children's Interests, Questions, and Understandings into Curriculum Planning
  Infusing Skills and Content Knowledge into the Study
  Sharing the Study Through an All-School Museum
  Classroom Centers and Materials
  Managing the Discipline Needed for Active Learning
  Differentiating the Curriculum for All Students
  Keeping Track of Children's Learning
  Sharing the Learning with Families
  Schoolwide Supports
  pt. III STRATEGIES FOR SUPPORTING CHILDREN'S LEARNING
  12. Focusing on Literacy
  Literacy Development Is a Continuum
  Reading Development
  Writing Development
  Balancing Explicit Instruction with Intentional Guidance and Independent Play-Based Activities
  Providing Supports for Children's Varied Development
  13. Teaching Strategies to Support Children's Learning
  Purposes Guide Teaching
  Teaching Strategies to Match Purposes
  14. Celebrating Diversity
  Children's and Families' Sociocultural Contexts Are Assets and Valuable Resources for Learning
  Believing That All Children Can Learn
  Respecting Variation in Children's Learning and Development
  Supporting Variation in Children's Language Development
  Supporting Young Children to Be Critical Thinkers
  Replacing Obstacles with Opportunities to Succeed
  15. Building Community in the Classroom: Caring for the Whole Child
  Care Nurtures Healthy Development
  Disciplining Through a Community-of-Care Approach
  Creating Community
  16. Creating a Caring Community of Learners in Kimberly and Vanessa's 1st/2nd-Grade Classroom
  Strategies for Building a Caring Community in the Classroom
  Play, Active Learning, and Community Building
  Practicing Democracy
  17. Partnering with Families in School Life
  Communication Vehicles Build Community
  Maximizing and Sustaining Family Involvement
  18. Learning from Teaching
  Teaching Life Is a Learning Life
  Learning with Others in Community
  Problems as Opportunities.