Creating and Thinking Critically in the Early Years

Name: Creating and Thinking Critically in the Early Years
SKU: 0804
Price: 44.95 NZD
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Author: Di Chilvers
ISBN: 9781927251287

Focuses on teaching and learning and its practical implications for early years practice

By
Di Chilvers

This series helps early childhood educators to build a thorough understanding of the characteristics of effective learning - but it doesn't stop there. Crucially, it links that understanding to highly practical ideas for planning and developing a child-centred curriculum that recognises young learners as active participants in the learning process. Each of the three easy-to-use resources explores one essential area of learning: learning actively; playing and exploring; or creating and thinking critically. Considering observations in early years settings as well as current research and thinking, they cover communication and language, the learning environment (both indoors and outdoors) and extended learning. Together they present the "big picture" of learning that can be put to work successfully across a wide range of early years settings.

Ages: 1-4 | Pages: 82 | Code: 0804 | ISBN: 9781927251287

Series: Learning and Teaching in the Early Years

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Di Chilvers

Di Chilvers is an independent consultant in early childhood education and has worked in the early years sector for over 35 years. Originally trained as a nursery nurse, then as a teacher, Di has an MA in Early Childhood Education and is working towards a qualification in psychology. She continues to be fascinated by the ways in which young children develop, think and learn.

Contents
Foreword by Jennie Lindon	4
Introduction	5
1. What does 'creating and thinking critically' mean?	7
The characteristics of children's learning	8
Children's dispositions	10
Thinking critically	13
Building creative thinking together	17
Being creative	20
Communication and language	21
2. Children have their own ideas	25
The significance of children's ideas	25
Describing children's ideas	26
Observing children's ideas	28
Group and individual creativity	31
Following children's ideas and interests	33
Adult support	34
Communicating ideas	41
3. Children make links	42
The significance of making links	42
Learning and development	44
Sustained, shared thinking	46
Observing links	47
Adult support	51
Enabling environment	54
Support through language and communication	54
4. Children choose ways to do things	56
Why give children choices?	56
Self-regulation	61
Observing play	64
Adult support	68
Enabling environment	69
5. A thoughtful approach	71
Key themes and messages	72
Transitions and future pathways	72
A thoughtful approach in practice	73
Leading good practice	78
A final thought	78
References	79