class 3 teaching

1. class 3teaching C&I 320 Spring 2002

2. history of ECE

3. the history of a field is the story the field tells about itself, to others and to itself: • who we are • where are we now • how did we get here • who are the people who got us to where we are • what did they believe, value, care about • what do we believe, value, care about • why are we different from others and why are those differences important

4. the history of schooling is like a stream which has many currents. At any given time some currents are stronger, closer to the surface etc. than others. Some currents become weak and seem to disappear, only to reappear later. Often different currents join to form a seemingly new one. But the currents of today can be traced to the currents of yesterday. • you are entering a stream that has been flowing for centuries

5. major themes in ece • young children different from older children and adults, i.e., early childhood a separate and distinct stage of life • the importance of early intervention • stage theory • a Western focus on the individual • a feminine view of children

6. major influences on ece • romanticism • biological maturationism • psychodynamic theory • protestantism • behaviorism • economics • fear of and concern about poverty • special education

7. what is a history project? some possibilities

8. profile of an historical figure • picture, dates, quotation • brief “bulleted” history • quotations by and about person • two brief narratives: (1) why person important, (2) what most impressed you (in any way) about person • references: both by and about person • stuff: anything else you find interesting

9. suggestions • William Hailmann • Kate Wiggins • Alice Temple • Anna Bryan • Francis Parker • Baroness von Marenholtz Buelow • Ella Flagg Young • Bertha Ronge

10. Maria Kraus-Boelte and/or John Krause • Henry Barnard • Lawrence Frank • William Heard Kilpatrick • Alice Putnam • Nina Vandewalker • Lucy Wheelock • see UpClose readings for examples • excluded: any people in UpClose or who have chapters in Wolfe

11. other possibilities • an event in ece history • Freud at Clark University • N.A.N.E • founding Head Start • WPA nurseries • WWII day cares • exploring a theme or influence

12. somethoughts about teaching

13. what you can control • your mind and how you see kids • the immediate environment--”the environment trumps the lesson” (Ayers). • explore possibilities with • kids • curriculum • instruction • assessment

14. what you can do this semester • practice: take lots of risks, make mistakes • surround yourself with people you can talk with • read teachers, e.g., Paley • stay alive in your mind as an adult: develop passions and continue to pursue them • understand the invisibility of good teaching

15. build relationship with supervisor; direct her to be a better supervisor; look at the classroom together • take moral responsibility for your education • don’t ask kids to do what you don’t do, e.g., make a summer reading list • not only realistic to hope, necessary to hope (ideas from Bill Ayers)

16. metaphors for teachers and teaching • (to be developed in class) metaphors for learners and learning • (to be developed in class)

17. heroes (cont.) • Dottie Martin