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Welcome to the ECCE club blog!
Feel free to begin discussions, inquiries or to ask questions that other students could explore with you. It is also possible to post articles, quotes or to suggest readings of interest to other students. I will post the meeting minutes here for anyone who was unable to attend the meetings and so that we can build on our discussions. This is also a place where we can revisit topics and questions explored in classes in a new light with insight from students in all years of the ECCE program.
The ECCE club will be reading 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian' by Sherman Alexie over the summer. We will be discussing topics of interest from this novel at meetings and using it to think together about education and philosophies of early childhood care and education. We welcome new members and invite those who are unable to attend the meetings to read along with us and share ideas here.
I have been thinking a lot about the term 'project work' lately; and struggling with it. For me, this term refers to something with a clear begining, climax and end. However, this definition can be limiting when working with a concept or material with children. I recently came across a book by Andi Goldsworthy(2000) where he talks about change, place and time: The way he talks about these concepts gives interesting insight into education, being with children and project work. I wanted to share a quote from this book that has begun to inspire my thinking and I am curious to hear about how others approach the concept of 'project work' within their centres.
"Whenever possible, I make a work every day. Each work joins the next in a line that defines the passage of my life, marking and accounting for my time and creating a momentum which gives me a strong sense of anticipation for the future. Each piece is individual, but I also see the line combined as a single work.
Time and change are connected to a place. Real change is best understood by staying in one place. When I travel, I see differences rather than change. I resent travelling south in early spring in case I am away from home when I see my first tree coming into leaf. If this happens, I see the leaves, but not the growth or change. I feel similarily about the first frost or ice or snow, and the first warm day after winter. I thrive on the disruption forced by seasonal changes- a hard freeze, heavy snow, a sudden thaw, leaf fall, strong winds-which can change dramatically any working partterns that have become established in a particular season" (Goldworthy, 2000, p.7).
Goldsworthy, A. (2000). Time. Dumfriesshire, Scotland: Cameron Books.
If you would like any new discussion topics opened, please email ssilvest@capilanou.ca the discussion topic and I will create a new entry!
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