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Book: Sparking Curiosity through Project-Based Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom

Elizabeth Hoyle KonecniISBN: 978-1-003-33254-1Routledge, New York, 2023 Pg 4 I’ve come to learn that if we as teachers want true engagement in our lessons, especially our lessons in early childhood classrooms, then we have to reach back into our childhood memories of play and learn more from our younger selves. What did we think about? How did we learn? What…

Book: Ability Development from Age Zero

Author: Shinichi SuzukiTranslation: Mary Louise NgataShufunotomo Co Ltd, 1969ISBN: 0918194121 Pg vii Clarification The words talent and ability are used in a broad sense and refer to one’s capacity to think, act, or feel in any given situation. Their use is not restricted to the artistic field, but is also applied to personality traits. Thus Suzuki, and this book, will…

LP2 [2a] Inquiry as Stance

Teaching as inquiry is not to be confused with inquiry learning – teaching as inquiry is something you do as the teacher, inquiry learning is something you do with ākonga (it can also fit under the headings of inquiry based learning, project based learning, play based learning). Keep in mind that we are talking about teaching as inquiry which is…