Description:
The project approach helps children dig deeply into intellectual and social experiences that can help them see meaningful benefits of the skills they are acquiring. Picturing the Project Approach will lead teachers every step of the way toward incorporating this teaching method in any toddler, preschool or elementary classroom.
Brief description: Dr. Sylvia C. Chard is professor emeritus of Early Childhood Education at the University of Alberta, Canada. Dr. Chard teaches an online course from her website and lectures on interdisciplinary learning in Canada, the United States, and in many countries around the world. Yvonne Kogan has twenty-nine years of experience working as a teacher and administrator. She is the co-owner and principal of the Early Childhood and Lower Elementary departments of Eton School in Mexico City.
Review Quotes: This book, with rich descriptions, detailed tables and vivid illustrations, provides step-by-step guidelines for using the Project Approach in any early childhood setting. The authors welcome the readers into real classrooms with real students and a strong sense of purpose. Classrooms that nurture the intellect as well as the social and emotional development of every child.
This book has added more knowledge and experience about the Project Approach than any previous work on this subject. It is a true example of the best that learning / school can be.
Educational Co-founder of the Speyer Legacy School
Adjunct Professor
Adelphi University