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9780807741214

Developing Constructivist Early Childhood Curriculum: Practical Principals and Activities

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  • ISBN13:

    9780807741214

  • ISBN10:

    0807741213

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-10-01
  • Publisher: Teachers College Pr
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Summary

This timely volume provides a constructivist interpretation of developmentally appropriate curriculum in early childhood education. Rheta DeVries, one of the founders of constructivist early education, and her colleagues provide the theoretical rationale and practical advice for conducting specific activities in the classroom. Descriptive vignettes are used to show how children's reasoning and teacher interventions are transformed in the course of extended experience with a physical phenomenon or group game. Throughout the book, constructivist teaching is illustrated and contrasted with the approaches found in three other classroom types.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1(2)
Rheta DeVries
PART I Understanding Constructivist Education 3(66)
Rheta DeVries
The Political Problem with Play-Oriented Curriculum
3(7)
Conclusion
10(3)
Play in the Early Education Curriculum: Four Interpretations
13(22)
Rheta DeVries
Classroom Types A and B: Emphasis on Academics
14(7)
Classroom Types C and D: Emphasis on Development
21(11)
Conclusion
32(3)
What Is Constructivist Education? Definition and Principles of Teaching
35(18)
Rheta DeVries
Rebecca Edmiaston
Betty Zan
Carolyn Hildebrandt
General Principles of Teaching
36(15)
Conclusion
51(2)
Assessing and Documenting Learning in Constructivist Classrooms
53(16)
Rebecca Edmiaston
Assessment and Documentation in Classroom Types A, B, C, and D
53(3)
Principles for Conducting Meaningful Assessment
56(8)
Communicating Assessment Findings
64(2)
Conclusion
66(3)
PART II PHYSICAL-KNOWLEDGE ACTIVITIES 69(112)
Rheta DeVries
Stages in Children's Reasoning About Physical Objects
69(1)
Criteria for Good Physical-Knowledge Activities
70(1)
Principles of Teaching
71(3)
Conclusion
74(3)
Casting Shadows
77(24)
Rheta DeVries
Betty Zan
Rebecca Edmiaston
Karen Wohlwend
Shadow Activities in Classroom Types A, B, C, and D
77(2)
Shadows as Physical-Knowledge Activities
79(1)
Children's Conceptions of Shadows
80(4)
Initiating Shadows Investigation
84(2)
Principles of Teaching
86(12)
Conclusion
98(3)
Exploring the Art and Science of Musical Sounds
101(20)
Carolyn Hildebrandt
Betty Zan
Three Approaches to Making Musical Instruments with Children
102(1)
Introduction to the Physics of Sound
103(4)
Goals for Children
107(1)
Principles of Teaching
108(2)
Two-Musical-Instrument-Making Activities
110(8)
Conclusion
118(3)
Cooking Transformations
121(20)
Betty Zan
Rebecca Edmiaston
Christina Sales
Cooking in Classroom Types A, B, C, and D
121(4)
Bringing Cooking into the Classroom
125(2)
Principles of Teaching
127(7)
Integrating Curriculum in Constructivist Cooking Activities
134(5)
Conclusion
139(2)
Experimenting with Draining and Movement of Water in Tubes
141(24)
Rheta DeVries
Hyang Lim Kwak
Christina Sales
The Emergent Development of Materials, Activities, and Objectives
143(16)
Principles of Teaching
159(3)
Conclusion
162(3)
Developing Geometric Reasoning Using Pattern Blocks
165(16)
Christina Sales
Carolyn Hildebrandt
Materials and Objectives
166(3)
Comparing Geometric Activities in Classroom Types A, B, C, and D
169(2)
A Pattern Block Project in a Type D Preschool Classroom
171(1)
Goals for Children Engaging in Type D Pattern Block Activities
172(6)
Principles of Teaching
178(2)
Conclusion
180(1)
PART III GROUP GAMES 181(44)
Rheta DeVries
Betty Zan
Carolyn Hildebrandt
Group Games in Types A, B, C, and D Classrooms
182(1)
Developmental Stages in Game Playing
183(2)
The Construction of Logico-Mathematical Relationships
185(1)
The Role of Contradiction
186(1)
The Issue of Competition
187(1)
Principles of Teaching
188(5)
Using Group Games to Teach Mathematics
193(18)
Carolyn Hildebrandt
Betty Zan
What Is a Math Game?
193(1)
What Is the Value of Group Games in Teaching Mathematics?
194(1)
Goals for Children
195(2)
Playing Math Games in a Preschool Classroom
197(11)
Conclusion
208(3)
Variations on a Checkers Theme
211(14)
Betty Zan
A Checkers Story
211(11)
Progress Revealed in Checkers Play
222(2)
Conclusion
224(1)
Epilogue 225(4)
Rheta DeVries
Appendix Stages in Children's Reasoning About Shadows 229(4)
Rheta DeVries
References 233(8)
Index 241(8)
About the Authors 249

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