Telling a Different Story

This clear, thought-provoking close study of teaching practices invites us into the classroom of a Head Start teacher and her assistant as they confront the challenges of early childhood education. Drawing on the recent knowledge base on childhood literacy, Wilson looks forward, highlighting and discussing a new set of questions about prevailing prescriptions for "developmentally appropriate practice" and emergent literacy.

Catherine Wilson is an assistant professor at Park College in Parkville, Missouri.

Foreword

vii

Stacie G. Goffin

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xiii

Contexts of Teaching

1

(12)

Story Reading in Preschool Classrooms

4

(1)

Teaching Within Particular Contexts

5

(1)

Franklin Head Start

6

(5)

Research Methods and Purposes

11

(2)

Navigating the Complexities

13

(25)

Leaving Home

14

(3)

Watching the Clock: The Organization of Time

17

(3)

Too Many Choices: The Classroom

20

(3)

Beyond a Model: The Curriculum

23

(7)

Will Children Be Prepared for School?: Support Staff

30

(1)

Distributing Children: Staffing and Enrollment

31

(2)

Staying Inside the Room: Taking Care of Paperwork

33

(4)

Concluding Thoughts: ``Other People's Children''

37

(1)

More Than Emergent Literacy and Developmentally Appropriate Practice

38

(30)

``There's No Other Way to Share Experiences''

40

(4)

Developmentally Appropriate Selections?

44

(15)

``Competent, Strong, and Able to Do Remarkable Things''

59

(4)

More Than Print Literacy

63

(2)

Beliefs and Apprehensions

65

(3)

Reflections on Teaching and Teacher Education

68

(13)

Teachers Mediating the World

70

(4)

Implications for Teacher Educators

74

(2)

Further Questions and Contradictions

76

(3)

Epilogue

79

(1)

Sara's Epilogue

80

(1)

Appendix A: Researching the Questions

81

(10)

Participant Observation

81

(4)

Discomforts and Emerging Questions

85

(2)

Creating New Contexts/Finding New Understandings

87

(4)

Appendix B: Books Read in Sara and Jorene's Class

91

(2)

References

93

(8)

Index

101

(5)

About the Author

106

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Telling a Different Story

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