Vivian Gussin Paley
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
111 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The buzz word in education today is accountability. But the federal mandate of "no child left behind" has come to mean curriculums driven by preparation for standardized tests and quantifiable learning results. Even for very young children, unstructured creative time in the classroom is waning as teachers and administrators are under growing pressures to measure school readiness through rote learning and increased homework. In her new audiobook, Vivian...
Series
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xii, 160 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Today's kindergarten teachers face enormous challenges to reach district-mandated academic standards. This book presents a model for 21st-century kindergartens that is rooted in child-centered learning and also shaped by the needs and goals of the present day. Classroom teachers working with diverse populations of students and focusing on issues of social justice provide vivid descriptions of classroom life across urban and rural communities. Teacher...