Vivian Gussin Paley was an American pre-school and kindergarten teacher, early childhood education researcher, and author. Despite her status in the field today, she described the first thirteen years of her teaching career as "uninspired and uninspiring." She channeled her classroom experiences and observations into her writing, focusing on themes of communication, play, and children's moral development. Her works are valued for their deep insights into children's thinking and their empathetic approach.
In A Child's Work, innovative and widely respected educator Vivian Gussin Paley offers a manifesto against the decline of children's creative time, making the case for the critical role of fantasy play in the psychological, intellectual, and social development of young children.
Visiting a London nursery school, Paley observes the schoolchildren's reception of another visitor, a handicapped boy named Teddy. A predicament arises, and the children's response offers Paley the purest evidence of kindness she has ever seen. schovat popis
Paley presents a moving personal account of her experiences teaching kindergarten in an integrated school within a predominantly white, middle- class neighborhood. In a new preface, she reflects on the way that even simple terminology can convey unintended meanings and show a speaker's blind spots. schovat popis
Paley tells in this book a story of her own farewell from teaching, as well as a story of the self-discovery of Reeny, a little girl with a fondness for the color brown. Led by Reeny, Paley and the children develop a passion for the books of Italian author Leo Lionni, exploring the essential human need to create and to belong.
This work sets out to find the truth about the multicultural classroom from those who participate in it. It contains the stories of black teachers, minority parents, immigrant families, a Native American educator and the children themselves.
In this look at the moral dimensions of the classroom, MacArthur Prize-winning educator Vivian Paley introduces a new rule - You can't say you can't play - to her kindergarten students. Paley uses this rule to explore how to keep children from being ignored by their classmates.
Written by a recipient of a MacArthur award, this book focuses on the challenge posed by the isolated child to teachers and classmates alike in the community of the classroom. It is the story of Jason - the loner and outsider - and his triumph and homecoming into the society of his classmates.