New Possibilities for Early Childhood Education
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New Possibilities for Early Childhood Education by Susan Bernheimer
This book speaks to the heart of an urgent task facing teacher preparation programs on campuses at the beginning of the twenty-first century: How can college instructors work most effectively with a new generation of nontraditional students that includes growing numbers of immigrants, single parents, and returning homemakers struggling to find their way in large and unfamiliar institutions? Susan Bernheimer went straight to the source for answers, interviewing impoverished students aspiring to become teachers of young children. Revealing, poignant, and replete with practical insights about learning and inclusion, the students' words reflect their desire to become teachers - a desire hidden beneath their fears and silence. Their stories, testaments to courage and faith, remind us of the pivotal role of the classroom teacher at all levels of education. In a book filled with student narratives, classroom vignettes, and instructional strategies, Bernheimer shows rather than tells, inspires rather than judges. She blends research and interviews with her own classroom experience and urges educators to integrate students' lives and voices into the curriculum. New Possibilities for Early Childhood Educationoffers an inside perspective and a new vision for all classroom teachers.
The Editors: Nicholas B. Paley teaches courses in curriculum and education at George Washington University. His recent book Finding Art's Place: Experiments in Contemporary Education and Culture, examines three artistic/educational experiments outside of school settings and the configurations of art in the lives of urban youth.
Janice A. Jipson teaches courses in educational foundations and research at Carroll College. Her collaboratively authored book, Repositioning Feminism and Education: Perspectives on Educating for Social Change, focuses on the experiences of five teacher-researchers facing dilemmas of imposition in their research and teaching.
Janice A. Jipson teaches courses in educational foundations and research at Carroll College. Her collaboratively authored book, Repositioning Feminism and Education: Perspectives on Educating for Social Change, focuses on the experiences of five teacher-researchers facing dilemmas of imposition in their research and teaching.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780820452968 |
| ISBN 10 | 0820452963 |
| Title | New Possibilities for Early Childhood Education |
| Author | Susan Bernheimer |
| Series | Rethinking Childhood |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Year published | 2006-01-26 |
| Number of pages | 132 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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