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This fourth edition has been expanded to guide today’s teachers through the process of conducting meaningful investigations with young children. It begins with a new chapter which summarises insights from mind-brain education research, showing how experiences firmly rooted in children’s curiosity and interest build intellectual capacity.

Table of Contents
  • Contents
  • Preface  xi
  • Acknowledgments  xv
  • Introduction: How Children Really Learn  1
  • Potatoes, Potatoes, Potatoes  1
  • Learning Is in the Brain  2
  • Connected Learning  3
  • Synaptic Junctions  5
  • Brain Structures  6
  • Pruning  8
  • Respecting Child Thinking  9
  • Play as Mental Development  10
  • Pillars of the Mind  11
  • Using What We Know  14
  • 1.  Projects and Young Children  15
  • The Project Approach  16
  • Intellectual Competencies of the Early Years  22
  • More on Building Mind and Brain Capacity  23
  • Guiding Projects With Young Children  25
  • 2.  Getting Started  29
  • Issues in Selecting Topics for Projects  29
  • Anticipatory Teacher Planning  38
  • Building Common Experiences  44
  • Finding Out What Children Already Know  45
  • Developing Questions for Investigation  48
  • Setting Up the Classroom for Investigation  48
  • The Next Phase  51
  • 3.  Developing the Project  53
  • Beginning Phase II  53
  • Preparing for Investigation  56
  • Moving Into Investigation  62
  • 4.  Investigation  63
  • Field-Site Visits  63
  • Debriefing  70
  • Moving Into Phase III  80
  • 5.  Concluding the Project  81
  • Culminating the Project  81
  • The Power of Documentation  86
  • Types of Documentation  87
  • Using Materials and Equipment for Documentation  95
  • Distilling Documentation  96
  • Evaluating the Project  97
  • 6.  Preschoolers Engaged and Learning  99
  • The Camera Project  99
  • Learning as a Journey  112
  • 7.  Using the Project Approach With Toddlers  113
  • The Fire Hydrant Project  113
  • The Sign Project  122
  • Diverse Pathways to Rich Experiences  125
  • 8.  How Projects Can Connect Children With Nature  127
  • Thinking About Children's Contact With Nature  127
  • Finding a Project Topic on Nature  128
  • Overcoming Teachers' Fears of Science  130
  • Investigating Nature  131
  • Sharing Nature Projects to Educate Others  134
  • The Canada Goose Project  135
  • 9.  Project Investigations as STEAM Experiences  141
  • STEAM and the Project Approach  141
  • STEAM Disciplines  143
  • The Airplane Project  147
  • STEAM in the Airplane Project  150
  • 10.  Responding to Challenges Teachers Face in Project Work  153
  • "Yes, But" Thinking  153
  • Focusing on Teacher Decision Points  156
  • Final Thoughts From the Authors  172
  • References  175
  • Index  181
  • About the Authors  190
  • Project Planning Journal

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      Publisher: Teachers' College Press
      Publication Date: 30/06/2023
      ISBN13: 9780807767962, 978-0807767962
      ISBN10: 0807767964
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This fourth edition has been expanded to guide today’s teachers through the process of conducting meaningful investigations with young children. It begins with a new chapter which summarises insights from mind-brain education research, showing how experiences firmly rooted in children’s curiosity and interest build intellectual capacity.

      Table of Contents
      • Contents
      • Preface  xi
      • Acknowledgments  xv
      • Introduction: How Children Really Learn  1
      • Potatoes, Potatoes, Potatoes  1
      • Learning Is in the Brain  2
      • Connected Learning  3
      • Synaptic Junctions  5
      • Brain Structures  6
      • Pruning  8
      • Respecting Child Thinking  9
      • Play as Mental Development  10
      • Pillars of the Mind  11
      • Using What We Know  14
      • 1.  Projects and Young Children  15
      • The Project Approach  16
      • Intellectual Competencies of the Early Years  22
      • More on Building Mind and Brain Capacity  23
      • Guiding Projects With Young Children  25
      • 2.  Getting Started  29
      • Issues in Selecting Topics for Projects  29
      • Anticipatory Teacher Planning  38
      • Building Common Experiences  44
      • Finding Out What Children Already Know  45
      • Developing Questions for Investigation  48
      • Setting Up the Classroom for Investigation  48
      • The Next Phase  51
      • 3.  Developing the Project  53
      • Beginning Phase II  53
      • Preparing for Investigation  56
      • Moving Into Investigation  62
      • 4.  Investigation  63
      • Field-Site Visits  63
      • Debriefing  70
      • Moving Into Phase III  80
      • 5.  Concluding the Project  81
      • Culminating the Project  81
      • The Power of Documentation  86
      • Types of Documentation  87
      • Using Materials and Equipment for Documentation  95
      • Distilling Documentation  96
      • Evaluating the Project  97
      • 6.  Preschoolers Engaged and Learning  99
      • The Camera Project  99
      • Learning as a Journey  112
      • 7.  Using the Project Approach With Toddlers  113
      • The Fire Hydrant Project  113
      • The Sign Project  122
      • Diverse Pathways to Rich Experiences  125
      • 8.  How Projects Can Connect Children With Nature  127
      • Thinking About Children's Contact With Nature  127
      • Finding a Project Topic on Nature  128
      • Overcoming Teachers' Fears of Science  130
      • Investigating Nature  131
      • Sharing Nature Projects to Educate Others  134
      • The Canada Goose Project  135
      • 9.  Project Investigations as STEAM Experiences  141
      • STEAM and the Project Approach  141
      • STEAM Disciplines  143
      • The Airplane Project  147
      • STEAM in the Airplane Project  150
      • 10.  Responding to Challenges Teachers Face in Project Work  153
      • "Yes, But" Thinking  153
      • Focusing on Teacher Decision Points  156
      • Final Thoughts From the Authors  172
      • References  175
      • Index  181
      • About the Authors  190
      • Project Planning Journal

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