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Young investigators : the project approach in the early years / Judy Harris Helm, Lilian G. Katz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publisher: New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Third editionDescription: xi, 134, 30 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of coloured plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780807756904
  • 0807756903
  • 9780807774809
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 372.21 HEL 23
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Contents:
1. Projects and young children -- The project approach -- Benefits of projects in the early years -- Intellectual competencies of the early years -- Building mind and brain capacity -- Guiding projects with young children -- 2. Getting started -- Issues in selecting topics for projects -- Anticipatory teacher planning -- Building common experiences -- Finding out what children already know -- Developing questions for investigation -- Setting up the classroom for investigation -- The next phase -- 3. Developing the project -- Beginning phase II -- Preparing for investigation -- Moving into investigation -- 4. Investigation -- Field-site visits -- Debriefing -- Moving into phase III -- 5. Concluding the project -- Culminating the project -- The power of documentation -- Types of documentation -- Using materials and equipment for documentation -- Distilling documentation -- Evaluating the project -- 6. Preschoolers engaged and learning -- The camera project -- Learning as a journey -- 7. Using the project approach with toddlers -- The fire hydrant project -- The sign project -- Diverse pathways to rich experiences -- 8. How projects can connect children with nature -- Thinking about children's contact with nature -- Finding a project topic on nature -- Overcoming teachers' fear of science -- Investigating nature -- Sharing nature projects to educate others -- The Canada Goose project -- 9. Project investigations as STEM experiences -- STEM and the project approach -- STEM disciplines -- The airplane project -- STEM in the airplane project -- 10. "Yes, but" thinking and project work -- Responding to challenges teachers face -- Final thoughts.
Summary: "Now in its third edition, Young investigators provides an introduction to the project approach with step-by-step guidance for conducting meaningful investigations with young children. The authors have expanded their bestseller to include two new chapters : How projects can connect children with nature and Project investigations as STEM experiences and to provide more help to teachers of the youngest children (toddlers) and older children (2nd grade). The new edition also shows teachers how to use standards in the topic selection process and identifies activities and experiences that will help children grasp key concepts and skills. Throughout the text, readers listen to teachers' concerns, witness how they find solutions to challenges, and experience how excited children become during project work. This book is appropriate for those new to using the project approach, as well as for teachers who already have experience with implementing the project approach. " -- Provided by publisher.
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"Expanded third edtion" -- Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Now in its third edition, Young investigators provides an introduction to the project approach with step-by-step guidance for conducting meaningful investigations with young children. The authors have expanded their bestseller to include two new chapters : How projects can connect children with nature and Project investigations as STEM experiences and to provide more help to teachers of the youngest children (toddlers) and older children (2nd grade). The new edition also shows teachers how to use standards in the topic selection process and identifies activities and experiences that will help children grasp key concepts and skills. Throughout the text, readers listen to teachers' concerns, witness how they find solutions to challenges, and experience how excited children become during project work. This book is appropriate for those new to using the project approach, as well as for teachers who already have experience with implementing the project approach. " -- Provided by publisher.

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