Embracing Alternatives to Homework in Early Childhood: Research and Pedagogies b

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Providing readers with a robust, practical understanding of how young children build knowledge, this book offers a critical examination of the ways traditional homework fails young children, and how alternatives can better build collaborative engagement with families while supporting learning across all content areas.

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Providing readers with a robust, practical understanding of how young children build knowledge, this book offers a critical examination of the ways traditional homework fails young children, and how alternatives can better build collaborative engagement with families while supporting learning across all content areas.Grounded in culturally sustaining practices, the first section breaks down the pedagogies that support deep learning, while later chapters emphasize the role of critical and creative thinking, project-based learning, and student choice in the development of engaging, personally relevant home learning experiences.Embracing Alternatives to Homework in Early Childhood is a critical text for anyone seeking to reimagine homework practices as both equitable and agency-building in PreK-3.

Author Biography

Angela Eckhoff is Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning and Director of the Virginia Early Childhood Policy Center at Old Dominion University, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Understanding the Social, Cultural, and Familial Contexts Influencing Development 2. Recognizing How Young Children Come to Understand and How Traditional Homework Practices Fail Them 3. Drawing Upon Community Resources to Support Learning Outside the Classroom 4. Building and Strengthening Student Understandings 5. Extending Learning Opportunities for Engagement and Reflection Through Project Work 6. Learning by Design: Early Engineering and Tinkering 7. Promoting Choice-Making and Children's Agency 8. Connecting Critical and Multiliteracies to Family, Home, and Communities 9. Advocating for Supportive Homework Practices for Young Learners 10. Concluding Thoughts

Details ISBN103210046X Author Angela Eckhoff Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2022 ISBN-10 103210046X ISBN-13 9781032100463 Format Hardcover Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2022-07-08 NZ Release Date 2022-07-08 Pages 134 Publication Date 2022-07-08 UK Release Date 2022-07-08 Subtitle Research and Pedagogies Illustrations 8 Tables, black and white; 26 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Halftones, black and white; 31 Illustrations, black and white Alternative 9781032070452 DEWEY 371.30281 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Imprint Routledge We've got this

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