The buzzword in education today is accountability. But the federal mandate of "no child left behind" has come to mean curriculums driven by standardized test preparation and quantifiable learning results. Even for very young children, unstructured creative time in the classroom is waning as teachers and administrators focus on measurable ...
Kindergarten teacher Vivian Gussin Paley looks at one of the most common problems of the classroom and school--what to do when classmates isolate a child. Paley solicited children's feelings on the issue, and tells how, by establishing a non-exclusionary rule and using it for discussion, she was able to gradually change students' behavior for the ...
Vivian Paley presents a moving personal account of her experiences teaching kindergarten in an integrated school within a predominantly white, middle-class neighbourhood. In a new preface, she reflects on the way that even simple terminology can convey unintended meanings and show a speaker's blind spots. She also vividly describes what her ...
In THE GIRL WITH THE BROWN CRAYON, Paley introduces her students to the picture books of Leo Lionni and builds an entire classroom experience around them.
'This remarkable book is delightful to read and rewarding to ponder. It is the kind of book a teacher quotes to friends, shares with colleagues, and uses as a source of working ideas and inspiration.' --The Elementary School Journal
Vivian Paley sets out to discover the truth about the multicultural classroom from those who participate in it. Here are the voices of black teachers and minority parents, immigrant families, a Native American educator, and the children themselves, whose stories mingle with the author's to create a picture of the successes and failures of the ...
"It's all about dialogue, isn't it?", asks Lorraine, a black third-grade teacher whose story becomes a central motif. And indeed, it is the dialogue that prevails in this book, as parents and teachers learn how they must talk to each other and to their children, if every child is to secure a sense of self in the schoolroom, no matter what the ...
In Boys and Girls, Vivian Paley has re-created a year of kindergarten teaching in which she explored the differences in the ways children play and fantasize.
Visiting a London nursery school, Vivian Paley observed the schoolchildren's reception of another visitor - a handicapped boy named Teddy, who was strapped into a wheelchair, wearing a helmet, and barely able to speak. A predicament arose, and the children's response offered Paley the purest evidence of kindness she had ever seen. Recounting ...
'Paley's vivid and accurate descriptions depict both spontaneous and recurring incidents and outline increasingly complex interactions among the children. Included in the narrative are questions or ideas to challenge the reader to gain more insight and understanding into the motives and conceptualizations of Mollie and other children.'-Karen L. ...
Bad guys are not allowed to have birthdays, pick blueberries, or disturb the baby. So say the four-year-olds who announce life's risks and dangers as they play out the school year in Vivian Paley's classroom. Their play is filled with warnings. They invent chaos in order to show that everything is under control. They portray fear to prove that it ...
A gifted teacher explores her young students' understanding of a startlingly violent fantasy game they play called suicide. Holding group discussion, she (or rather the children) illustrate the phenomenon of very young children needing to make sense of violent imagery.
Watching two-year-old Alex and his toddler classmates act out his one-word "Mama" story, and hearing their teacher muse, "It seems the best reason to tell stories when you are little is to keep Mama in mind," Vivian Paley found herself drawn into a remarkable childcare centre. "In Mrs. Tully's Room" tells the story of the comforting and compelling ...
This practical resource aims to help teachers understand and enjoy working with students from different cultural backgrounds. Focusing on the special needs of adolescents, it recommends ways of thinking about curriculum and pedagogy that will enable both teachers and children to thrive.
Kindergarten teacher Vivian Gussin Paley addresses the issue of the multicultural classroom. She discusses the successes and failures she has seen firsthand, and she draws on the perspectives of teachers, parents, and students.
Description: Fine. Con inigualable maestría. Vivian Gussin Paley nos introduce el universo moral de los niños mientras va enhebrando historias que se juegan en el aula escolar. read more
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Con Respeto: Bridging the Distances Between Culturally Diverse Families and Schools: An Ethnographic Portrait
