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CHAPTER 6: The Camera Project: Preschoolers Engaged and Learning
CHAPTER 6: The Camera Project: Preschoolers Engaged and Learning It is a detailed description of the Camera Project, which was carried out in a prekindergarten classroom. There is a list of detailed aspects related to the project; it is a very interesting experience knowing how the children were involved in a series of activities in order to find their own questions and answers about the camera. The functions of the camera, its different parts, the different kinds of cameras, the models, colors, fashion and the evolution of this invention. This chapter also describes the way parents were involved in the project and how important their contributions were. The chapter also talks about the way the teachers arranged the classroom; the planning for the activities, and the creation of a web page to organize the information. The fact that called our attention most, is how the children represented the knowledge they were acquiring: they did drawings and paintings, participated in the we...
CHAPTER 1 PROJECTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
The projects approach Chidren like to investigate and explore, they say that project work can cover all areas of curriculum and itegrate them. However a deacade ago kindergartens were condisder good if just students ecnouraged play and socializationa and engagement wiht books. But not all the students didi it well. They found that 10% of the total prekindergarten through 12 grade public school had limited proficiency in English. Project wok fit into our schools today ina worild where the use of technology is needed and help students in being successful. This is a new world that requires that our students develop the 21st century skills and they need to feel comfortable communicating electronically. The project approach is started is not a new way to teach children, it started in London in the 1960s and 1970s , they found out that working with projects(or learning by doing) is very important in the process of learning. The key ...
CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED LAUNCHING THE PROJECT, by Liliana Ojeda P.
ResponderEliminarIn this phase 2, the topic of the investigation is selected through a process of discussion with the children and the teacher’s provocations concerning possible subtopics. The teacher also evaluates the feasibility of the topic in terms of local resources and opportunities. The topic is selected based on a series of criteria including the social context of the children, their interest, suggestions, etc. The teacher arrange the classroom in a especial way in order to permit the young investigators to work on their project. Teachers also organize some walks around the school, the park and other places to allow the students to collect information and have significant experiences.
It is really interesting how investigation process can initiate in the very early age of the students. It is thought that only high scholar children could investigate, but the experiences written in this book are very significant and show how the investigation process can begin since kindergarten.
Teaching the very young children to work based on investigation can develop very important skills and levels of advanced thinking that it is so difficult to develop using the antique ways of teaching.