All Voices of Practitioners Content

Teacher standing in classroom
Children sitting in woods
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Young Children
May 1, 2019

From Fear to Freedom: Risk and Learning in a Forest School (Voices)

As an outdoor educator and “nature elder,” Heather Taylor tells two stories that stretched her personal views of what it means to allow children to have the freedom to make their own choices as they study nature.

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Heather B. Taylor
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Three teachers in a meeting
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Voices of Practitioners
December 1, 2018

Posing a Researchable Question

The focus of this article is how to pose a teacher research question. More precisely, the aim is to examine the components of a researchable question and offer suggestions for how to go about the question in a way that makes it researchable.

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Andrew Stremmel
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Two adults building a snowman
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Voices of Practitioners
December 1, 2018

The Complexity of Preparing New Teachers

While teachers can, and should, enter their classrooms with a plan in hand, they should also be open to dialogue with the learners.

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Jennifer A. Kampmann
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Two teachers talking in library
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Voices of Practitioners
December 1, 2018

Parallel Voices Commentary—VOP Articles in the 2018 Compilation

Researching your own teaching practices is fascinating and rewarding. Who better than you to think about what and why you are doing something in your everyday practice?

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Dawn Garbett
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Three teachers looking at student artwork
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Voices of Practitioners
December 1, 2018

Introduction

We are so pleased to be able to offer you the 2018 compilation of Voices of Practitioners articles. This volume marks VOP’s 14th year as an online journal.

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Barbara Henderson
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Early childhood educators gathering in the Kindergarten Creator Space
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Young Children
November 1, 2018

Inquiry Is Play: Playful Participatory Research (Voices)

This online version includes an additional reflection from the authors showing how the defining elements of PPR transform participatory research into a vehicle for shared learning for teachers and children alike.

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Authored by: 
Megina Baker, Gabriela Salas Davila
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Child stacking brightly colored shapes
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Young Children
May 1, 2018

Reflexión más allá de las fronteras: Educadores de preescolar de Palestina y Estados Unidos recurren a la indagación colaborativa en ciencias (Voces)

The four authors describe and reflect on a cross-cultural and international exchange of data about inquiry-based teaching and learning between preschool-age children’s science engagement in the West Bank and in San Francisco.

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Authored by: 
Isauro M. Escamilla, Buad Khales, Daniel R. Meier, Martha Melgoza
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