Emergent Curriculum in the Primary Classroom: Interpreting the Reggio Emilia Approach in SchoolsCarol Anne Wien How is a compelling, exemplary curriculum created in schools in spite of the pressures to implement a standardized one? In this book, teachers and principals share their experiences with emergent curriculum, and with the creative practices they’ve developed in urban classrooms kindergarten to 3rd grade. We learn what they were trying to do, how they began the process, the challenges they faced, the decisions they made, and what happened to the children. All chapters are written by teachers who have found ways of interpreting the Reggio approach to enrich their teaching within the confines of traditional schools. This book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand emergent curriculum and for all who hope to nurture an enlivening, energizing way to learn in classrooms. The inspiring stories presented here illustrate:
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... horse's hair . Kang : Like some of the good weavers can make a different kind of things , like the harder things that people can't make , and the easy ones . Some may regard Kang's question as absurd . However , I wanted to legiti- mize ...
... horse . " A " Real " Horse To find out whether , according to Kang , a " real " horse has to be three - dimen- sional , I suggested he flip through the book What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses ? ( Van Camp , 2003 ) ...
... horse and a patch of his flat rectangular weaving in front of us , I pointed out he hadn't added slits to his first horse : How could he make the texture of his second horse's weaving look as even as his rectangu- lar weaving ? Kang's ...
Contents
Emergent Curriculum | 5 |
How Big Is Tiny? | 67 |
Childrens Conversations About the Sun Moon and Earth | 82 |
Copyright | |
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