Professional Development

Engaging Children's Minds: The Project Approach, July 15 - 18, 2010

Join instructors Lilian G. Katz and Sylvia C. Chard, co-authors of Engaging Children’s Minds: Learning the Project Approach for a summer institute in Durham, N. Carolina.

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Welcome to the new Project Approach website. Feel free to share your questions and comments for improving this site. Check this space soon for a FREE downloadable Study Guide to the Project Approach


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Practical Guide#2

Practical Guide#2Explains why structure is an essential ingredient of project work and provides information about using the five structural features througho... Go to Store.



Practical Guide#5

Practical Guide#5&w=81&h=109Provides an overview of Phase 2 of the Project Approach, during which students become researchers and investigators through fieldwork, inter... Go to Store.

Engaging Children’s Minds

Children have a strong disposition to explore and discover. The Project Approach builds on natural curiosity, enabling children to interact, question, connect, problem-solve, communicate, reflect, and more. This kind of authentic learning extends beyond the classroom to each student’s home, community, nation, and the world. It essentially makes learning the stuff of real life and children active participants in and shapers of their worlds.

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EduRetreat Photographs

You can now see a small selection of the EduRetreat photographs in this album on my Facebook page.

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EduRetreat 2009

Lilian Katz and I recently accompanied a group of early childhood educators on a two week tour in India.  This interesting cultural experience was organized by Vashima Goyal, the founder of EduRetreat.  We visited urban and rural schools and ashrams, talked with educators, philosophers and artists, and participated in two conferences.
We were a group of American, Argentinian, Bri... (more)




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