The Early Childhood Curriculum: Inquiry Learning Through Integration - Softcover

Krogh, Suzanne L.; Morehouse, Pamela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367236117 ISBN 13: 9780367236113

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Now in a fully updated third edition, The Early Childhood Curriculum demonstrates how to confidently teach using inquiry-based methods that address the whole child while also meeting and exceeding academic standards.

Based on current research showing the powerful advantages of integrating the curriculum while providing inquiry opportunities, this text explores how to make such an approach work for all children, preschool through the primary grades. Since each curricular subject has its own integrity, there is a chapter for each discipline, grounding the reader in the essentials of the subject in order to foster knowledgeable and effective integration. Filled with real-life vignettes and activities, this third edition provides comprehensive information on the most recent trends in national curriculum standards and classroom technology, alongside a new section exploring the outdoors as a welcome learning environment.

Offering a foundation in early childhood theory, philosophy, research, and development, this unique textbook helps future teachers, as well as current educators, understand the "why" of curriculum in early childhood and invests them with the skills they need to move from simply following a script to knowledgeably creating curricula on their own.

About this title

About the Author

Suzanne L. Krogh is Professor Emerita of early childhood education at Western Washington University, USA.

Pamela Morehouse is a former Washington state elementary school teacher. She is a designer and instructor of Spanish and English adult literacy programs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367236117
• ISBN 13: 9780367236113
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 400