A Child's Work: The Importance Of Fantasy Play
ISBN: 9780226644899 | 0226644898
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PRESS
Pub. Date: 5/1/2005
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The buzz word in education today is accountability. But the federal mandate of "no child left behind" has come to mean curriculums driven by preparation for standardized tests and quantifiable learning results. Even for very young children, unstructured creative time in the classroom is waning as teachers and administrators are under growing pressures to measure school readiness through rote learning and increased homework. In her new book, Vivian Gussin Paley decries this rapid disappearance of creative time and makes the case for the critical... MORE
| one young children | 1 | (3) | |
| two the language of play | 4 | (5) | |
| three charlotte and cinderella | 9 | (7) | |
| four the first rungs of the ladder | 16 | (4) | |
| five the invention of theater | ... MORE | (5) | |
| six looking for peter rabbit | 25 | (5) | |
| seven frogs, kittens, and bad guys | 30 | (5) | |
| eight before there was school, there were stories | 35 | (7) | |
| nine big A and little a | 42 | (6) | |
| ten anxious families, philosophical children | 48 | (9) | |
| eleven the art of conversation | 57 | (3) | |
| twelve who owns the subject? | 60 | (6) | |
| thirteen simon's story | 66 | (4) | |
| fourteen proving what we know | 70 |
Vivian Gussin Paley, a kindergarten teacher for thirty-seven years, primarily at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, has received numerous awards and accolades, including a MacArthur Award and, most recently, the John Dewey Society's Outstanding Achievement Award. She is the author of eleven other books, three of which are published by the University of Chicago Press.
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