This book addresses the cognitive, social, and psychological dimensions that shape students’ mathematics experience to help students become more capable, cooperative, and confident in the process of engaging mathematics. In these ways they can have a more valuable and enjoyable mathematics experience, and become more valued participants in society. The book focuses on the mathematics classroo…
This book introduces a framework for examining bilingual identity and presents the cases of seven individual children from a study of young students’ bilingual identities in an Australian primary school. The new Bilingual Identity Negotiation Framework brings together three elements that influence bilingual identity development – sociocultural connection, investment and interaction. The cas…
This collection of essays and stories represents my attempt, from the vantage point of an impending half-century, to revisit a time and a place I have taken for granted or ignored, to reflect on an experience not recorded in written texts but which was, at the time, profoundly important in shaping the life of the post-war generation ofIndo-Fijian children: that is, the experience of growing u…
Denne bog handler om to slags samtaler, som bestræber sig på at være dialogiske:· - samtaler i en daginstitution inden for specialområdet mellem forældre og pædagoger, som sammen søger at skabe bedre udviklingsmuligheder for børnene, og - samtaler i et aktionsforskningsprojekt mellem pædagogerne og aktionsforskere, som sammen søger at skabe bedre arbejdsrutiner i daginstitutionen til…
Fundamentado na perspectiva histórico-cultural, este livro identifica as características do brincar das crianças nas idades de seis e sete anos, período de passagem da Educação infantil para o Ensino Fundamental. Analisa ainda em que circunstâncias os educadores criam espaços para as brincadeiras e como o fazem. Trata-se de um tema de grande atualidade num momento em que as instituiçõ…
Die Auseinandersetzung mit Werten und Normen ist ein fester Bestandteil frühkindlicher Bildung. Angesichts vielfältiger sozialer Wandlungsprozesse und eines sich zunehmend polarisierenden gesellschaftlichen Klimas hat dieser Auftrag jüngst weiteres Gewicht erhalten. Fachpraxis und Politik reagieren mit pädagogischen Maßnahmen und Programmen, die sich mit »Demokratie Lernen« oder »Demokr…
Overview: This module provides a overview of the power of teaching with a trauma-informed lens. The content was created by the faculty members at the following institutions: Chicago State University, Olive-Harvey Community College, South Subrurban College and Prairie State College. The module was designed to be added to the child development course or other introdcutory educationals course that…
The ELC professional development model was designed to improve the quality of teacher candidates’ Practicum field placements and align teaching in field placements with Learning Standards used in the teacher education program. Teams of four educators from varied settings worked in a Practicum placement setting for one semester to improve their teaching and align it with Learning Standards.…