Engaging Children's Minds: The Project Approach - Softcover

Katz, Lilian G.; Chard, Sylvia C.; Kogan, Yvonne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440828725 ISBN 13: 9781440828720

Publisher: Praeger, 2014

Synopsis

Now in its third edition, this book shows teachers how to incorporate the Project Approach into early childhood curricula, engaging children intellectually and heightening their capacities for thinking, hypothesizing, reasoning, and expressing their natural curiosity.

About this title

Book Description:

Presents an introduction to the Project Approach to teaching children from preschool through the primary grades.

About the Author:

Lilian G. Katz, PhD, is professor emeritus and staff member of the Clearinghouse on Early Education & Parenting at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Sylvia C. Chard, PhD, is professor emeritus of elementary education at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Her published work includes Engaging Children's Minds: The Project Approach, coauthored with Lilian G. Katz.

Yvonne Kogan, MEd, is the early childhood and elementary head principal, and co-owner of Eton School in Mexico City. She is a consultant for institutions interested in implementing the Project Approach as a schoolwide program for children ages 2 to 12. Kogan has published several articles about the Project Approach, and is coauthor with Sylvia C. Chard of From My Side: Being a Child.

About this edition

• Publisher: Praeger
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1440828725
• ISBN 13: 9781440828720
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 256