ED456892 PS028457
Title: Engaging Children's Minds: The Project Approach. Second
Edition.
Author(s):
Katz, Lilian G.; Chard, Sylvia C.
Pages: 215
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 1-56750-501-5
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: JAI Press, Inc., Ablex Publishing Group, 100
Prospect Street, P.O. Box 811, Stamford CT 06904-0811 (paperback:
ISBN-1-56750-501-5, $29.95; hardcover: ISBN-1-56750-500-7, $73.25).
Tel: 203-323-9606; Fax: 203-357-8446; e-mail: a.dirado@elsevier.com.
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Guides--Non-classroom (055)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Connecticut
Journal Announcement: RIEFEB2002
Noting that
much has happened in the field of early childhood education during
the 10 years since publication of the first edition of "The
Project Approach," this new edition re-introduces the project
approach and suggests applications and examples of the approach
in action. Notable additions to this second edition include: (1)
two new chapters addressing issues in the selection of project topics
and children's drawing and its role in project work; (2) results
of 10 years of research and development in the field of early education
curriculum and teaching methods in support of project work; and
(3) analysis of the Reggio Emilia approach to early education. Chapters
are: (1) "Introduction to the Project Approach," outlining
the aims and benefits of including project work; (2) "Principles
of Practice in the Early Years," summarizing relevant research
and offering principles of practice in support of project work;
(3) "Project Work in Action," illustrating how projects
usually proceed; (4) "Phases and Features of the Project Approach,"
outlining principal features of the approach that underlie the projects
of the previous chapter; (5) "Issues in Selecting Topics for
Projects," addressing determining if a topic is appropriate
or of sufficient substance and offering criteria; (6) "Teacher
Planning," describing some techniques for initial project planning;
(7) "Phase I: Getting Projects Started," addressing ways
of enlisting children's interest and participation in launching
a project; (8) "Phase II: Projects in Progress," discussing
preparations for field work and organizing the data gathered; (9)
"Phase III: Concluding Projects," discussing various approaches
to culminating and evaluating a project; (10) "Drawing in the
Context of a Project," addressing the contribution of drawing,
different kinds of drawing, and teaching strategies to the efficacy
of project work; and (11) "The Project Approach in Perspective,"
discussing the part of this approach in a balanced curriculum. The
book's nine appendices include guidelines for projects on houses
and seedpods, instructions for making a book, and several project
webs. (Contains 149 references.) (SD)
Descriptors: Active Learning; Child Development; Class Activities;
Early Childhood Education; Instructional Innovation; *Learning Activities;
Parent Participation; *Reggio Emilia Approach; Student Motivation;
*Student Projects; Teacher Role; Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching
Methods; *Young Children
Identifiers: *Childrens Drawings; *Project Approach (Katz
and Chard); Task Engagement
