Susan Conklin Thompson, Kayenta Williams

Broschiertes Buch

Telling Stories with Photo Essays

A Guide for PreK-5 Teachers

Beschreibung

Photo essays can document many things, including a historical event, a familyÆs history, science experiments, observations in nature, journeys, field trips, and personal experiences and interests. When children create photo essays, they are able to communicate their experiences and thoughts in an authentic and very personal way.Telling Stories With Photo Essays offers teachers ways to involve children in creating photo essays and discusses the role photography can play in allowing children to communicate their ideas, experiences, and emotions. Educators will discover how to give children the creative means for:Capturing the aesthetics in their environmentDocumenting historical events as well as their own stories and historiesRecording what they are learningBecoming advocates for causes they believe in as they explore the concept of being responsible citizens

Autor

Susan Conklin Thompson is a professor at the University of Northern Colorado, where she coordinates the early childhood program and teaches early childhood and elementary education courses. Thompson has authored numerous articles, two multicultural books for children, and eight books for teachers, including Children as Illustrators: Making Meaning through Art and Language (National Association for the Education of Young Children). She has been the recipient of several university awards for teaching excellence and outstanding research and scholarship and in 2001 was awarded the Early Childhood Professional of the Year Award by the Wyoming Early Childhood Association.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Corwin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: B64586P
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9781412964593
• ISBN-10: 1412964598
• Artikelnr.: 26255100