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Gibbons, Andrew; Peters, Michael A.; Delaune, Andrea; Jandric, Petar; Sojot, Amy N.; Kupferman, David W.; Tesar, Marek; Johansson, Viktor; Cabral, Marta; Devine, Nesta; Hood, Nina – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2021
This is a collective writing project that is part of the larger design of Infantologies, Infanticides and Infantilizations; a quartet that explores the philosophy of infants from thematic perspectives, that puts infants at the centre of our reflections, and that encourages a different academic style of thinking.
Descriptors: Infants, Philosophy, Imagination, Childrens Literature
Altman, Roberta, Ed.; Stires, Susan, Ed.; Weseen, Susan, Ed. – Bank Street College of Education, 2015
Each of the papers in this collection offers a much-needed antidote to the forces that disconnect educators from the places in which they teach, learn, and live. Together, they provide an opportunity to reflect on the power of place in education. This issue offers an opportunity--an invitation--to embrace all that the places both in and outside…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Fantasy, Childrens Literature, Museums
Mac Naughton, Glenda, Ed.; Davis, Karina, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
This book explores the prominence of "race" in the lives of young children and their early childhood educators. It critiques the often presumed racial innocence of young children and shows instead how young children actively engage with the politics of race as they form their own identities. It challenges early childhood educators to engage with…
Descriptors: Race, Popular Culture, Early Childhood Education, Fantasy
Herrin, Roberta T., Ed.; Davis, Sarah K., Ed. – 1989
Chronicling a year-long project to study fantasy literature, this book presents essays, teaching units, student writing, and "jack tales." The project chronicled in the book consisted of a 3-week intensive study program for librarians and teachers of grades 2 through 7 throughout the Appalachian region, followed up by two more meetings…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Creative Writing, Elementary Education
Herrin, Roberta T., Ed.; Davis, Sarah K., Ed. – 1992
Chronicling a year-long project to study fantasy literature, this book presents essays, teaching units, student writing models, and "jack tales." The project chronicled in the book consisted of a 4-week intensive study program for librarians and teachers of grades 2 through 7 throughout the Appalachian region, followed up by two more…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Creative Writing, Elementary Education
Chen, Shing-Jen, Ed.; Furutsuka, Takashi, Ed.; Shirotani, Yukari, Ed. – 2000
This annual report presents several articles related to the work of the Clinical Center for Child Development at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. The articles are: (1) "Maternal Speech and Behavior during Mother-Infant Play: Comparison between the United States and Japan" (Sueko Toda, Marc H. Bornstein, and Hiroshi Azuma); (2)…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Auditory Perception, Bilingualism, Caregiver Speech
Schmidt, Patricia Ruggiano, Ed.; Mosenthal, Peter B., Ed. – 2001
The 17 chapters in this collection of papers include: (1) "Frameworks for Understanding Multicultural Literacies" (Georgia Earnest Garcia and Arlette Ingram Sillis); (2) "Multicultural Belief: A Global or Domain-Specific Construct? An Analysis of Four Case Studies" (Jyotsna Pattnaik); (3) "Monocultural Literacy: The Power…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Blacks, Cultural Literacy, Cultural Pluralism