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What is Your Story?
December 14, 2018
Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.
-Maya Angelou
-Maya Angelou
“At the heart of education are two questions: What kind of people do we want to be? What kind of world do we want to live in?” So write Ann Pelo and Margie Carter (authors of a new book, From Teaching to Thinking), in a recent article in Exchange magazine. They go on to say, “Our answers to these questions help us answer a third question: What is the purpose of education and how do we go about achieving it?...
In today’s story of education what answers might we deduce from the pressures to inscribe early childhood programs with standardized, scripted curriculum that emphasizes literacy, numeracy and science concepts at the cost of vigorous play and rigorous exploration?” they ask.
Pelo and Carter pose a question about what kind of story we want to tell about our work as early educators and leaders: “What if the story were transformed with an understanding that pedagogical practice should be aimed at sustaining a culture of inquiry, where educators listen, wonder and reflect; where we are surprised, delighted and moved?”
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Comments (2)
Displaying All 2 CommentsCatholic Education South Australia
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
This story of transforming in order to sustain a culture of inquiry is one which as a team of consultants are deeply exploring with our schools and early childhood settings through the lens of research. It has been our joy to listen, wonder and reflect with each other and our colleagues in schools. We have indeed been surprised, delighted and moved by their fresh insights into learning as they co-constructed meaning with children and colleagues.
We would so love to have an opportunity to buy this amazing book by Pelo & Carter but we don't seem able to purchase items for mailing through your website. Is there a chance this could change in the near future?
Your daily conversations with us inform our dialogue continually and they are eagerly opened each morning. Thank you for all you do for educators across the world. May this Christmas be a time of reflection, relaxation and refreshment for all of you as you celebrate with those you love.
warm wishes
Barb Murray
CSBC
Denver, CO, United States
This is all well and good, but we - educators - don't get to set the policies that drive early childhood care and education in this country. These policies are created by politicians who have never taken a child development class, and have no clue about growth, development, and learning of young children. We need to get real, and figure out how to control our own field!
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