Jennifer Mata

Spiritual Experiences in Early Childhood Education (eBook, ePUB)

Four Kindergarteners, One Classroom

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Based on qualitative research and interactions with both children and adults, Jennifer Mata argues that educators should be responsible for addressing children's spirituality in the classroom and for re-introducing these topics into early childhood education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135049188
• Artikelnr.: 41071191

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Mata, Ed.D., is Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at the College of Education, DePaul University, USA. She received a doctorate in early childhood education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and has worked in the field of early childhood education since 1995. Dr. Mata has been an infant and toddler, preschool, and kindergarten teacher in both monolingual and bilingual settings in the U.S. and abroad, and was formerly Associate Professor at Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas, Venezuela. Her research interests stem from children's spirituality and teacher preparation to moral development and bilingual and bicultural education.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Making the Case for Spirituality
Chapter One: Why Spirituality?
Chapter Two: What is Spirituality?
Chapter Three: Spirituality - How can it be nourished?
Part II: Through the Spiritual Experiences of Children
Chapter Four: Studying Children's Spirituality
Chapter Five: Ellen: "I can spell your name!"
Chapter Six: Anna: "You can't do that! Can I help?"
Chapter Seven: Mark: "Uhm, uhm, uhm, dance to the music."
Chapter Eight: Matt: "I don't know."
Chapter Nine: Looking for Commonalities and Differences in Children's
Spirituality
Part III: What does this mean for Early Childhood Education?
Chapter Ten: Answering Guiding Questions and tying it back to Theory and
Research
Chapter Eleven: What needs to be done by Teachers and Early Childhood
Education Programs?
References
Appendix A Semi-Structured Individual Activity Protocol
Appendix B Photographs Presented in the Individual Activity
Appendix C Semi-Structured Group Activity Protocol
Appendix D Questions Guiding Informal Conversations