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Summary:
- Organized into three parts, this text addresses: aesthetics, politics, and space configurations in school environments for young children; outdoor spaces, beginning with intentionally designed playscapes, children's gardens, and spontaneous improvisational play venues; the role of environments outside school, including informal learning environments that promote science knowledge, museum spaces, and virtual environments.
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Table of Contents:
- Thinking critically about environments / Lisa P. Kuh
- The prepared environment : aesthetic legacies of Dewey, Montessori, and Reggio Emilia / Lisa P. Kuh & Melissa Rivard
- If the environment is the third teacher, what is it teaching us? / Patricia Tarr
- No bad weather, only bac clothing : lessons on resiliency from Nordic early childhood programs / Megina Baker & Judith Ross-Bernstein
- Take it outside : rethinking and reclaiming outdoor play / Lisa P. Kuh, Iris Chin Ponte, Clement Chau. & Deborah Valentine
- The school garden : fertile ground for learning / Carley Fisher-Maltese
- Bridging theory and practice to support child-directed play in the classroom environment and beyond / Anna Housley Juster & Morgan Leichter Saxby
- Connected learning environments : bridging informal and formal environments to support early science learning / Tiffany R. Lee & Leah A. Bricker
- Museum spaces as a provocation for learning / Angela Eckhoff
- Think before you immerse : a framework for examining virtual environments for children / Laura Beals
- Preparing environments for adult learning / Lisa P. Kuh.
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Language Notes:
- English.
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General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.
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Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 207 pages) : illustrations.
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Digital Characteristics:
- text file
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Call Numbers:
- LB3325.C5 T49 2014eb
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ISBNs:
- 9780807773086 (electronic bk.)
0807773085 (electronic bk.)
9780807755457 [Invalid]
0807755451 [Invalid]
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OCLC Numbers:
- 897467231