Full Description
Embracing Challenges in Early Childhood Education is a key resource for early childhood educators, especially those inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach or other inquiry-based, social-constructivist models. It answers the important question teachers face when they come up against challenges in their work with children: "What do I do now?" Not a how-to guide for implementing the Reggio Emilia philosophy, nor simply an inspirational read, this book encourages reflection, innovation, and responsive teaching while offering practical insights, thoughtful frameworks, and real-world guidance to help educators navigate inevitable challenges in ways that honor their creativity and intelligence along with that of the children in their care. This book is essential reading for early childhood educators, pedagogical consultants, and school leaders and is also a valuable theoretical resource for Reggio-inspired study groups committed to enhancing their educational practices.
Contents
Part 1: The Child, the Teacher, and Conflict as Gift and Challenge; 1. The Beauty of Conflict; 2. Who Is the Child?; 3. Who Is the Teacher?; 4. The Role of Inner and External Conflict in Teaching and Learning; 5. Challenges to Pedagogical Flow; Part 2: Flexible Protocols: Tools for the Back Pocket of the Thinking Teacher; 6. The Environment and Small Systems; 7. Flow Challenge: Social Conflict; 8. Conversations for the Co-Construction of Theory; 9. Flow Challenge: Cognitive Conflict in Play and Conversation; 10. Flow Challenge: The Project Stalls; 11. The Cardinal Story; 12. Points of Conflict in Children's Research; 13. Flow Challenge: Points of Conflict in Representation; 14. The Clay Horse
