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Author:

Cooper, Patricia M.

Title:

The classrooms all young children need : lessons in teaching from Vivian Paley / Patricia M. Cooper.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

x, 235 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Early childhood education--Philosophy.
Play.
Storytelling.
Fantasy in children.
Paley, Vivian Gussin,--1929-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-226) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: An "N of 1" -- Introduction: Why interpret the clear? -- Early literacy, play, and a teaching philosophy -- Fantasy play and young children's search for meaning -- Storytelling and story acting : meaning extended -- Teaching as a moral act, classrooms as democratic spaces -- Race, pedagogy, and the search for fairness -- Fairness extended : superheroes, helicopters, and the unchosen -- Epilogue: The classrooms young children need--an "N of many" -- Appendix A: Guide to implementation of Paley's storytelling curriculum -- Appendix B: Sample stories -- Appendix C: Sample transcript of child dictation -- Appendix D: Becoming a teacher of stories.

ISBN:

0226115232 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226115238 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)300720119

LCCN:

2009001841

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)