Teaching and Learning with Infants and Toddlers: Where Meaning Making Begins, Se

Description: Teaching and Learning with Infants and Toddlers by Mary Jane Maguire-Fong, T. Berry Brazelton, J. Ronald Lally, Ed Tronick Maguire-Fong has updated her groundbreaking book designed to assist pre- and inservice professionals working with infants and their families. Each chapter draws from research and real-life infant care settings to provide valuable insights into how to design an infant care program, plan curriculum, assess learning, and work with families. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In the short span of three years, infants learn to move with confidence and grace, to converse with ease, to investigate and solve problems, and to help others in need—building an exquisite foundation for all learning that follows. Maguire-Fong has updated her groundbreaking book designed to assist pre- and inservice professionals working with infants and their families. Each chapter draws from research and real-life infant care settings to provide valuable insights into how to design an infant care program, plan curriculum, assess learning, and work with families. This popular resource is inspired by the philosophy of early childhood education developed in the schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy; from the work of Magda Gerber and Emmi Pikler; and from the many dedicated researchers intent on figuring out how infants make meaning.Book Features: Explicit examples that illustrate how to teach in ways that respect how infants learn. A new in-depth section describing how to plan curriculum by observing, documenting, and interpreting infants play and interactions. A newly illustrated section that describes how play spaces, daily care routines, and everyday conversations and interactions can be transformed into contexts for learning that fully support infants amazing capacity to learn. Examples of curriculum planning and assessment that align well with state and national performance standards and curriculum frameworks. Author Biography Mary Jane Maguire-Fong is professor emerita of early childhood education at American River College in Sacramento, California, and co-author of Infant Development from Conception to Age 3: What Babies Ask of Us. Table of Contents Foreword to the First Edition J. Ronald LallyPrologue to the First Edition T. Berry BrazeltonPrefacePart I. How Infants Learn1. Infants as Active Meaning-Makers Infants Are Born ResearchersInfants as Subjects, Not ObjectsA Triangle of Relationships from Research to Practice: Education Begins in Infancy2. Relationships Shape the Developing Brain Sequence of Brain DevelopmentExperience Wires the BrainNeurons and How They WorkBrain Plasticity: Benefit and RiskThe Social BrainFrom Research to Practice: Building Strong Brains3. Knowledge from the Infants Point of View Three Types of KnowledgeLearning Within Three ContextsFrom Research to Practice: Naming Knowledge in Infancy—Foundations for Learning4. Policies That Support Relationships Primary CareContinuity of CareSmall Group SizeCulturally Respectful CareFrom Research to Practice: Reflective SupervisionPART II. OBSERVING, DOCUMENTING, AND INTERPRETING TO SUPPORT INFANT LEARNING5. Observing: Where Teaching and Learning Begin Observing, Documenting, and InterpretingDocumentation that Supports Curriculum PlanningDocumentation to Assess LearningDocumentation to Engage FamiliesFrom Research to Practice: Re-visioning Curriculum 6. First Feelings AttachmentHow Babies Respond to StressProposing Possibilities for LearningFrom Research to Practice: Infant Mental Health7. Sense of Self and Other Born Looking for UsHolding Others in MindThe Withdrawn InfantCaring and CooperatingProposing Possibilities for LearningFrom Research to Practice: Shared Silent Stories8. Taking Action: Motor Development Rising Up: Rotating, Sitting, StandingMoving Out: LocomotionGraspingPerceptual and Motor ChallengesProposing Possibilities for LearningFrom Research to Practice: Where Babies Find Themselves9. Thinking: Cognitive Development Infants InvestigateInfants Build ConceptsProposing Possibilities for LearningFrom Research to Practice: How Do We Know They Are Learning?10. Communicating: Language Development Babies Seek Patterns in LanguageHow the Brain Organizes LanguageLanguage Learning: A Shared Social ExperienceThe Emergence of SpeechProposing Possibilities for LearningFrom Research to Practice: Literacy Begins in InfancyPart III. Contexts for learning11. Play Spaces: Contexts for Wonder and Learning Play Spaces with Distinct IdentityFamiliarity and SurpriseSeclusionPathways To, Not Through, The PlayOutdoors as a Learning EnvironmentSafety, Sanitation, and Comfort12. Care Routines: Contexts for Joy and Learning Welcoming, Peaceful Spaces for CareCare That Invites ParticipationMeals as Invitation to ParticipateDiapering as Invitation to ParticipateNapping as Invitation to Participate13. Conversation and Interaction: Contexts for Learning Respectful GuidanceAcknowledge Feelings or IntentClear Limits: Convey the House RulesFrame a Limited ChoiceTemperament: A Goodness of FitTouchpointsDifficult Behavior: A Child Seeking Safety14. Who Cares for Babies? Access to Quality Infant CareDocumentation as Tool for AdvocacyAfterword to the First Edition Ed TronickReferencesIndexAbout the Author Long Description In the short span of three years, infants learn to move with confidence and grace, to converse with ease, to investigate and solve problems, and to help others in need--building an exquisite foundation for all learning that follows. Maguire-Fong has updated her groundbreaking book designed to assist pre- and inservice professionals working with infants and their families. Each chapter draws from research and real-life infant care settings to provide valuable insights into how to design an infant care program, plan curriculum, assess learning, and work with families. This popular resource is inspired by the philosophy of early childhood education developed in the schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy; from the work of Magda Gerber and Emmi Pikler; and from the many dedicated researchers intent on figuring out how infants make meaning. Book Features: Explicit examples that illustrate how to teach in ways that respect how infants learn. A new in-depth section describing how to plan curriculum by observing, documenting, and interpreting infants play and interactions. A newly illustrated section that describes how play spaces, daily care routines, and everyday conversations and interactions can be transformed into contexts for learning that fully support infants amazing capacity to learn. Examples of curriculum planning and assessment that align well with state and national performance standards and curriculum frameworks. Promotional "Headline" ?Through a compelling synthesis of neuroscience and developmental research, Teaching and Learning with Infants and Toddlers illuminates the active role infants and toddlers play in their learning. Drawing on major approaches in early childhood pedagogy and care, Mary Jane Maguire-Fong provides vivid examples of infants and toddlers in action while describing the complementary, essential role of the teacher in observing, documenting, and reflecting on their learning. This wonderful book invites us to deepen our understanding and respect for infants and toddlers and to teach and learn together with them.? ?Peter L. Mangione, director, Center for Child & Family Studies, WestEd Description for Reader Mary Jane Maguire-Fong is professor emerita of early childhood education at American River College in Sacramento, California, and co-author of Infant Development from Conception to Age 3: What Babies Ask of Us . Details ISBN0807764183 Author Ed Tronick Publisher Teachers College Press Year 2020 Edition 2nd ISBN-10 0807764183 ISBN-13 9780807764183 Format Paperback Imprint Teachers College Press Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Short Title Teaching and Learning with Infants and Toddlers Language English DEWEY 305.232 Pages 192 AU Release Date 2020-10-02 NZ Release Date 2020-10-02 Subtitle Where Meaning Making Begins, Second Edition UK Release Date 2020-10-30 Publication Date 2020-10-30 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2020-10-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158650153;

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