Inquiry-Based Early Learning Environments: Creating, Supporting, and Collaborating

What does it mean to inquire? Grownups would say it means to question, to search for information, or to find out about a topic of interest. For children in an early childhood classroom, the definition is no different. From the time of their birth, children want to know how the world works and actively seek out information. How educators respond to their questions is what this book is all about.

Inquiry-Based Early Learning Environments takes an in-depth look at children's inquiry. What does inquiry look like in early childhood settings? How does the environment affect children's inquiries and teachers' thought processes? Inquiry-Based Early Learning Environments examines inquiry in all its facets, including environments that support relationships, that create a culture of risk-taking in our thinking, that support teachers as well as children, that include families, that use documentation as a way of thinking about our work, and of course, the physical environment and all the objects and spaces within it. Throughout, stories about environments and approaches to inquiry from around the world are included as examples.

Author: Susan Stacey
Publisher: Redleaf Press
Published: 09/18/2018
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.90h x 8.00w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781605545813
ISBN10: 1605545813
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Classroom Management
- Education | Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten)
- Education | Professional Development

About the Author
Susan Stacey has worked in the field of early childhood education for over thirty-five years as an early childhood educator, director, practicum advisor, and instructor, in both Canada and the United States. She obtained her master's degree from Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, California, and frequently speaks across North America about emergent curriculum, reflective and responsive practices, inquiry, documentation, and the role of the arts in early childhood education. She teaches adult students at the Nova Scotia College of Early Childhood Education and belongs to several professional organizations, such as NAEYC and the Canadian Childcare Federation. She has presented frequently at NAEYC conferences and has been published in Young Children, Young Exceptional Children, and Exchange. Her other books by Redleaf Press are Emergent Curriculum in Early Childhood Settings, The Unscripted Classroom, and Pedagogical Documentation in Early Childhood Settings.