Strategies for Teaching Early Childhood Students To Connect Reflective Thinking to Practice. Teaching Strategies.

Grossman, Sue; Williston, Judy

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Publication Date: 2001

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Strategies for Teaching Early Childhood Students To Connect Reflective Thinking to Practice. Teaching Strategies.

Grossman, Sue; Williston, Judy

Childhood Education, v77 n4 p236-40 Sum 2001

Discusses ways teacher educators can help preservice early childhood teachers connect reflective inquiry to teaching practice. Shows how coursework in the early childhood education program at Eastern Michigan University encourages reflection on children, content learning, preprofessional teaching experiences, and popular opinion. Includes sample classroom assignments and course evaluations. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: College Students, Early Childhood Education, Higher Education, Inquiry, Preservice Teachers, Reflective Teaching, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teacher Education Programs, Teaching Methods, Theory Practice Relationship

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Language: English

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