The Power of Fantasy in Early Learning / Edition 1

by Jenny Tyrrell

Overview

The Power of Fantasy in Early Learning is a truly unique book, based around the case study of a class of children, their teacher and a stuffed bear suit. Jenny Tyrrell illustrates the possibilities that an inanimate object can offer the teaching and learning situation. Drawing on her extensive experiences, she shows how the bear became an integral part of the school. Theory and practice are combined to explore teaching issues in the early years including the influence of the bear on the whole school, imaginative development, motivation to read and write and the influence of learning goals in a child's school life in the early years.
This is a truly original work which will give heart to teachers everywhere and provide plenty of fresh insight into the debate on the nature of learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138172135
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/31/2016
Pages:	158
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jenny Tyrrell is co-author of Coordinating English at Key Stage 1 in the Subject Leaders' handbook series. She is based in Hong Kong at present but is returning to the UK in 2001. She is an early years practitioner

Table of Contents

1. 'Or in the heart or in the head' 2. 'Where begot, how nourished?' 3. 'Reply, Reply' 4. Motivation to Write 5. Motivation to Read 6. The Whole Child 7. The Whole Curriculum 8. 'He was real on the inside' 9. Implications for Practice