Training Teachers

, by Carter, Margie

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ISBN: 9780934140829 | 0934140820
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Copyright: 11/1/1994

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Acknowledgments

Dedication

vii

Foreword

Elizabeth Jones

Introduction

How to Use this Book

xii

SECTION 1---CHANGING OUR APPROACH TO TEACHER EDUCATION

(14)

Context for Adult Learning

(6)

Learning Styles

(2)

Teacher Developmental Stages

(1)

Implications for Training Approaches

(3)

New Emphasis for Teacher Education

(6)

Training for Constructing Knowledge

(2)

Training for Dispositions

(1)

Training for New Roles

(1)

Training for Embracing Diversity

(1)

Planting the Seed

(2)

SECTION 2---TOOLS FOR THE HARVEST

(50)

Landscaping for Constructivism

(10)

What's the Big Idea?

(1)

Naming What You Know

(1)

Propagate, Germinate, Cultivate

(1)

A Walk in the Garden

(4)

Once Is Not Enough

(2)

Awareness Tools

(8)

Childhood Memories

(1)

Strategy: Introduce yourself as a childhood message

(1)

Strategy: Share your memories of mealtime

(1)

Strategy: Remember your favorite times

(1)

Name It

(1)

Strategy: Making friends with a baby

(1)

Strategy: Principles for working with parents

(1)

Strategy: The job game

(1)

Strategy: Kinds of learning

(1)

Reflective Writing

(1)

Strategy: Open-ended writing

(1)

Strategy: Focused writing

(1)

Strategy: Questions to guide writing

(1)

Observation Checklists

(1)

Active Tools

(9)

Simulating Experiences

(1)

Strategy: Dance the WHIRR WHIRR WHIRR

(1)

Strategy: Contrasting teaching styles

(1)

Strategy: A playful experience

(1)

Strategy: How do you learn?

(1)

Scavenger Hunts

(1)

Strategy: Search and find

(1)

Strategy: Outdoor play possibilities

(1)

Strategy: A place where I belong

(1)

Games

(1)

Strategy: Hazard Pictionary Guessing Game

(1)

Strategy: DAP sorting

(1)

Kinesthetic Activities

(1)

Strategy: Put yourself on the continuum

(1)

Strategy: Obstacles to worthy wages

(2)

Story Tools

(13)

Storytelling

(1)

Strategy: Sensitivity theater

(1)

Strategy: ABZ Child Care Center story

(2)

Strategy: A day at Sunnyday Co-Op Preschool

(1)

Strategy: Persona doll stories

(1)

Scenarios

(1)

Strategy: Child guidance scenarios

(1)

Strategy: Deciding on strategies to supports play

(2)

Role Plays

(1)

Strategy: Conflict at Little Darlings Child Care Center

(1)

Strategy: Tension in Head Start

(1)

Literature, Biographies, and Videos

(2)

Classroom Video Clips

(1)

Strategy: Action in the art area

(1)

Strategy: Snowmen and buttons

(1)

Symbolic Tools

(8)

Props to Represent Ideas

(1)

Strategy: Picture this environment

(1)

Strategy: Represent self-esteem

(1)

Strategy: Represent environmental dimensions

(1)

Strategy: Props for teacher roles

(1)

Strategy: Representing the project approach to curriculum

(1)

Metaphors to Explore Concepts

(1)

Strategy: True confessions in four corners

(1)

Planting the Seed

(3)

SECTION 3---DISPOSITIONS AND ROLES FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING

(28)

Teacher Expectations

(2)

Clarifying Care Dispositions

(18)

Disposition: Delight in and Be Curious about Children's Development

(1)

Strategy: Pose questions for observing children

(1)

Strategy: Children as the focus of our research

(1)

Disposition: Value Children's Play

(1)

Strategy: Recognizing the kinds of play

(1)

Strategy: Caution---no adults at play

(1)

Disposition: Expect Continuous Change and Challenge

(1)

Strategy: Together make a sentence

(1)

Strategy: Professional preschool teacher

(1)

Strategy: Be honest with yourself

(1)

Disposition: Be Willing to Take Risks and Make Mistakes

(1)

Strategy: Passion plays

(2)

Strategy: Think of a time

(1)

Disposition: Provide Time for Regular Reflection and Self-Examination

(1)

Strategy: Reflective writing

(1)

Strategy: Bedtime memory

(1)

Strategy: Examine attitudes toward mistakes

(1)

Strategy: Define personal space

(1)

Disposition: Seek Collaboration and Peer Support

(1)

Strategy: Mentor teachers

(1)

Strategy: Two heads are better than one

(1)

Strategy: Pay a visit

(1)

Disposition: Be a Watchdog and Whistle-Blower

(1)

Strategy: Examine group identities

(1)

Strategy: TV game show

(1)

Strategy: Conduct interviews

(1)

New Roles for Teachers

(6)

Strategy: The teacher's role by any other name

(1)

Strategy: Hats, props, and videotapes

(1)

Strategy: Researching roles

(1)

Strategy: Observation checklists and notepads

(1)

Strategy: Early childhood junk mail

(1)

Strategy: New roles for the playground

(1)

Planting the Seed

(2)

SECTION 4---TRAINING FOR CULTURALLY SENSITIVE AND ANTI-BIAS PRACTICES

(58)

Our Journey and Developmental Process

(4)

Cultural Blinders Regarding DAP

(1)

Forgetting What We Know

(1)

Goals Beyond Exposure to Diversity

(1)

Dispositions that Help

(1)

Guiding Principles and Strategies

(11)

Naming Our Assumptions

(1)

Implications for Training

100

(1)

Guiding Principles

101

(1)

Dialogue Process

102

(1)

Inclusive Practices

102

(1)

Awareness Tools

103

(1)

Strategy: Childhood message about yourself as a learner

103

(1)

Strategy: Guided writing

104

(1)

Active Tools

104

(1)

Strategy: Map out experiences

104

(1)

Strategy: Move to tell us about you

105

(1)

Strategy: Developmental milestones on the road I've traveled

106

(1)

Story Tools

107

(1)

Strategy: Tell the story of your name

107

(1)

Strategy: Persona stories about learners

108

(1)

Symbolic Tools

108

(1)

Strategy: Choose a picture to describe yourself

108

(2)

Training to Heighten Cultural Sensitivity

110

(13)

Possible Cultural Conflicts

110

(1)

Providing Cultural Continuity

111

(1)

Awareness Tools

112

(1)

Strategy: Share memories of ``how we did it''

112

(1)

Strategy: Red flags in magazines and professional literature

112

(1)

Active Tools

113

(1)

Strategy: Welcome those parents

113

(2)

Strategy: An integrated preschool

115

(2)

Strategy: Losing beans

117

(2)

Story Tools

119

(1)

Strategy: Consider this scene

119

(2)

Strategy: Gina's story

121

(2)

Specific Training on Anti-Bias Practices

123

(18)

Understandings Needed

123

(2)

Awareness Tools

125

(1)

Strategy: What is American culture?

125

(1)

Strategy: Walk down dominant culture way

125

(2)

Strategy: The label game

127

(1)

Strategy: Basis and forms of bias

128

(1)

Strategy: An ``isms'' self-portrait

129

(1)

Strategy: The trouble I've seen

130

(1)

Strategy: Face those feelings

131

(1)

Strategy: Words I've heard

131

(1)

Active Tools

132

(1)

Strategy: Examine curriculum collections

132

(1)

Strategy: Research what children notice and think

133

(1)

Strategy: Adapting circle time

134

(1)

Story Tools

134

(1)

Strategy: Explore the developmental task

134

(1)

Strategy: Intervening when bias occurs

135

(2)

Strategy: Choices for responding to bias

137

(1)

Strategy: How to decide on integrating a child

138

(3)

What to do about Holidays

141

(10)

Awareness Tools

142

(1)

Strategy: The best and the worst of times

142

(1)

Strategy: Why we do it

142

(2)

Strategy: Images, messages, and meaning

144

(1)

Active Tools

145

(1)

Strategy: Analyzing the curriculum

145

(3)

Strategy: Worksheet for decision making

148

(1)

Story Tools

149

(1)

Strategy: A book of celebrations

149

(1)

Planting the Seed

149

(2)

SECTION 5---TRAINING IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS

151

(20)

A Methodology for All Settings

153

(2)

Workshop Settings

155

(3)

Goals and Format

155

(1)

Planning Process

156

(1)

Presenting and Facilitating

156

(2)

Courses and Ongoing Classes

158

(2)

Objectives and Requirements

158

(2)

On-site Training

160

(11)

Staff Development Models

160

(1)

The Supervisor as Coach

160

(1)

Coaching Behaviors

161

(1)

Assessing Training Needs

162

(1)

A Comprehensive Training Plan

162

(2)

Individual Training Plans

164

(1)

Effective Strategies

164

(1)

Strategy: Coaching with examinations

164

(1)

Strategy: Questions for a coach

165

(1)

Strategy: Clarifying toddler curriculum

166

(1)

Strategy: Broadcasting children's play

167

(1)

Strategy: Marketing developmentally appropriate literacy

167

(1)

Strategy: Making rules to construct knowledge

168

(1)

Planting the Seed

169

(2)

SECTION 6---A COURSE ON CHILD-CENTERED CURRICULUM PRACTICES

171

(28)

Designing a Course

173

(5)

Planning Process

173

(1)

Course Syllabus and Requirements

174

(2)

Strategy: Book reflections

176

(1)

Strategy: Initial and final self-assessments

177

(1)

The Project Approach

178

(3)

Research Project Guidelines

178

(3)

Weekly Class Sessions

181

(18)

Week 1 Examining Current Practices

181

(1)

Strategy: What do you do now?

181

(1)

Strategy: Analyzing curriculum plans

181

(3)

Week 2 Observing for Developmental Themes

184

(1)

Strategy: Joys of observing

184

(1)

Strategy: Seeing is believing

185

(1)

Strategy: Questions for observing

185

(1)

Strategy: Webbing with themes

186

(1)

Strategy: Using observation skills

187

(1)

Week 3 The Research Project

187

(1)

Strategy: The role of the researcher

188

(1)

Week 4 Role of the Teacher

189

(1)

Strategy: Uncovering the curriculum theme

189

(1)

Strategy: Supporting children's play

190

(1)

Week 5 The Environment as Curriculum

191

(1)

Strategy: Examining curriculum boxes

191

(1)

Strategy: Tubes video

192

(1)

Week 6 Cognitive Development

193

(1)

Strategy: Collections

193

(1)

Strategy: Replay time with collections

193

(1)

Week 7 Literacy Development

194

(1)

Strategy: Decoding stories

194

(1)

Strategy: Props for literacy

195

(1)

Strategy: Responding to clues

195

(1)

Week 8 Sharing Research Projects and Enhancing Advocacy Skills

196

(1)

Strategy: Responding to pressures

196

(1)

Strategy: Letter to parents

197

(1)

Strategy: Children were not born to

197

(1)

Planting the Seed

198

(1)

SECTION 7---THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF A TRAINER

199

(18)

Training Resources and Supplies

201

(6)

Strategy: Never leave home without it

201

(1)

Strategy: Props for active learning

201

(2)

Strategy: Print resources

203

(1)

Strategy: Using technology

203

(1)

Strategy: Setting the stage

204

(1)

Strategy: Assessments and evaluations

204

(3)

Getting and Staying Organized

207

(2)

Strategy: Storage and transportation

207

(1)

Strategy: Filing and record-keeping

207

(2)

Professional Collaboration

209

(2)

Strategy: Networking

209

(1)

Strategy: Mentoring

209

(2)

Minding Your Business

211

(2)

Strategy: Taxes and licenses

211

(1)

Strategy: Promoting yourself

211

(1)

Strategy: Setting fees

212

(1)

Tending Your Own Garden

213

(4)

Strategy: Thinking in things

214

(1)

Strategy: All the world's a possible training strategy

214

(1)

Strategy: This one's for you

215

(1)

Planting the Seed

216

(1)

Glossary

217

(2)

Recommended Resources

219

(6)

Appendix A: Observation Forms

225

(16)

Appendix B: Charts and Training Resources

241

(18)

Appendix C: Evaluation and Assessment Forms

259

(12)

Notes and References

271

(3)

Index

274

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