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

by Helm, Judy Harris, author.

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New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2023]

Project method in teaching.

Early childhood education -- Curricula.

9780807767962 paperback

0807767964 paperback

9780807767979 hardcover

0807767972 hardcover

Early childhood education series (Teachers College Press)

xv, 190, 30 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.

Fourth edition.

Introduction: How Children Really Learn -- Potatoes, Potatoes, Potatoes -- Learning Is in the Brain -- Connected Learning -- Synaptic Junctions -- Brain Structures -- Pruning -- Respecting Child Thinking -- Play as Mental Development -- Pillars of the Mind -- Using What We Know -- Chapter 1. Projects and Young Children -- The Project Approach -- Intellectual Competencies of the Early Years -- More on Building Mind and Brain Capacity -- Guiding Projects With Young Children -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 3. Developing the Project -- Beginning Phase II -- Preparing for Investigation -- Moving Into Investigation -- Chapter 4. Investigation -- Field-Site Visits -- Debriefing -- Moving Into Phase III -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 6. Preschoolers Engaged and Learning -- The Camera Project -- Learning as a Journey -- Chapter 7. Using the Project Approach With Toddlers -- The Fire Hydrant Project -- The Sign Project -- Diverse Pathways to Rich Experiences -- Chapter 8. How Projects Can Connect Children With Nature -- Thinking About Children's Contact With Nature -- Finding a Project Topic on Nature -- Overcoming Teachers' Fears of Science -- Investigating Nature -- Sharing Nature Projects to Educate Others -- The Canada Goose Project -- Chapter 9. Project Investigations as STEAM Experiences -- STEAM and the Project Approach -- STEAM Disciplines -- The Airplane Project -- STEAM in the Airplane Project -- Chapter 10. Responding to Challenges Teachers Face in Project Work -- "Yes, But" Thinking -- Focusing on Teacher Decision Points -- Final Thoughts From the Authors

"This fourth edition of the bestseller begins with a new chapter, "How Children Really Learn," which summarizes insights from mind-brain education research, showing how experiences firmly rooted in children's curiosity and interest build intellectual capacity. The book then introduces the Project Approach with step-by-step guidance for incorporating child initiation and direction into curriculum while simultaneously addressing content standards. A new focus on critical Teacher Decision Points uses fresh-from-the-classroom examples to show how teachers think through project work. The emphasis on STEM experiences has been expanded to include STEAM through a new chapter, "The Role of Project Work in the Arts." This book makes project-based learning possible with the youngest children (toddlers through 2nd grade) who are not yet proficient in reading and writing, but capable of deep, focused thinking. Throughout, readers empathize with teachers' concerns, witness how they find solutions to challenges, and feel the excitement of children .during project work. Young Investigators is appropriate for teachers new to using the Project Approach, as well as for those who already have experience"--

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