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Don't Leave the Story in the Book: Using Literature to Guide Inquiry in Early Childhood Classrooms (Early Childhood Education)
Mary Hynes-Berry
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Description for Don't Leave the Story in the Book: Using Literature to Guide Inquiry in Early Childhood Classrooms (Early Childhood Education)
Hardcover. Series: Teachers College Press: Early Childhood Education. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 436.
Drawing from 30 years of teaching and professional development experience, this book offers a roadmap for using children's literature to provide authentic learning. Featuring a ''storyteller's voice,'' each chapter includes a case study about how a particular fiction or nonfiction work can be used in an early childhood classroom; a series of open-ended questions to help readers construct their own inquiry units; and a bibliography of children's literature. This book provides a unique synthesis of ideas based on constructivist approaches to learning, including the importance of positive dispositions and learning communities, the nature of higher-order thinking, and the relationship between ... Read more
Drawing from 30 years of teaching and professional development experience, this book offers a roadmap for using children's literature to provide authentic learning. Featuring a ''storyteller's voice,'' each chapter includes a case study about how a particular fiction or nonfiction work can be used in an early childhood classroom; a series of open-ended questions to help readers construct their own inquiry units; and a bibliography of children's literature. This book provides a unique synthesis of ideas based on constructivist approaches to learning, including the importance of positive dispositions and learning communities, the nature of higher-order thinking, and the relationship between ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Condition
New
Series
Early Childhood Education Series
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807752883
SKU
V9780807752883
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Ref
99-3
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