Inquiry-Based Early Learning Environments: Creating, Supporting, and Collaborating - Softcover

Stacey, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605545813 ISBN 13: 9781605545813

Publisher: Redleaf Press, 2018

Synopsis

What does it mean to inquire? Grownups would say it means to question, to search for information, or to find out about a topic of interest. For children in an early childhood classroom, the definition is no different. From the time of their birth, children want to know how the world works and actively seek out information. How educators respond to their questions is what this book is all about.

Inquiry-Based Early Learning Environments takes an in-depth look at children’s inquiry. What does inquiry look like in early childhood settings? How does the environment affect children’s inquiries and teachers’ thought processes? Inquiry-Based Early Learning Environments examines inquiry in all its facets, including environments that support relationships, that create a culture of risk-taking in our thinking, that support teachers as well as children, that include families, that use documentation as a way of thinking about our work, and of course, the physical environment and all the objects and spaces within it. Throughout, stories about environments and approaches to inquiry from around the world are included as examples.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Stacey has worked in the field of early childhood education for over thirty-five years as an early childhood educator, director, practicum advisor, and instructor, in both Canada and the United States. She obtained her master’s degree from Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, California, and frequently speaks across North America about emergent curriculum, reflective and responsive practices, inquiry, documentation, and the role of the arts in early childhood education. She teaches adult students at the Nova Scotia College of Early Childhood Education and belongs to several professional organizations, such as NAEYC and the Canadian Childcare Federation. She has presented frequently at NAEYC conferences and has been published in Young Children, Young Exceptional Children, and Exchange. Her other books by Redleaf Press are Emergent Curriculum in Early Childhood Settings, The Unscripted Classroom, and Pedagogical Documentation in Early Childhood Settings.

Review

“Explore this amazing collection of stories and the learning environments that have emerged from imaginative, responsive teachers of young children.” —Elizabeth Jones, PhD, faculty emerita, Pacific Oaks College and author of Playing to Get Smart

“This delightful book offers deep insight into the inquiry dispositions and community we seek to nurture. I am inspired by Susan Stacey’s masterful weaving together of the seminal thinkers in environmental design with her observations from across the globe.” —John Nimmo, associate professor, Portland State University, Oregon and co-author of Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs

“This book is a richly illustrated feast that takes the reader into the world of young children’s inquiries and the environments, materials and professional dispositions that support and generate it.” —Debi Keyte-Hartland, pedagogical consultant and artist-educator

Inquiry-Based Early Learning Environments provides an in-depth look at children’s innate predilection for inquiry. . . Impressively organized and presented . . . An ideal and highly recommended addition to school district, college, and university library Teacher Education collections." —Midwest Book Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Redleaf Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1605545813
• ISBN 13: 9781605545813
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 176