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Direct linkSilin, Jonathan – Teaching Education, 2020
The 50th anniversaries of the Stonewall riots and my entry into the field of early childhood education prompt me to reflect both on the initial years of my activist and professional life and on these, the final ones. Feeling historical, increasingly connected to both the past and the future, I am discomforted by traditional notions of legacy,…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, LGBTQ People, Early Childhood Teachers, Social History
Bakker, Nelleke – History of Education, 2013
This essay discusses the life and work of Elise van Calcar (1822-1904), a writer and maternal feminist who introduced Froebel's kindergarten in the Netherlands. Van Calcar also was the leader of a Christian branch of spiritualism. The focus is pointed at parallels between her reading of Froebel and of "messages" from spirits in the…
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational History, Kindergarten, Mothers
Martin, Jane – Gender and Education, 2011
A central principle of 1970s feminism was a concern with making women visible and the historical creation of women's public voices is an important methodological premise of feminist research. When written, biographies of female actors "recovered" from the condescension of posterity, can illuminate the telling of individual and collective…
Descriptors: Females, Biographies, Intellectual History, Change Agents
Comber, Barbara – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2011
In an era of normative standardised literacy curriculum continuing to make space for culturally responsive literacy pedagogy is on ongoing challenge for early childhood educators. Collaborative participatory research and ethnographic studies of teachers who accomplish innovative and inclusive early childhood education in culturally diverse high…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Early Childhood Education, Ethnography, Children
Mathivet, Stephanie – History of Education, 2006
Alice Buckton was a Froebelian educator who was involved in early childhood education and the training of teachers. She was a prolific writer, at first writing articles for the Froebelian journal "Child Life" and later writing poetry and plays, which were read and performed in London and elsewhere. Alice Buckton became interested in the…
Descriptors: Biographies, Teacher Educators, Authors, Kindergarten
Raymond, Allen – Teaching Pre K-8, 2005
This article describes poet and writer David L. Harrison. A former School Board Chairman from Springfield, MO, David was responsible for beginning an annual "Teacher Appreciation Banquet" and for launching the "Sky High for Reading" program. The "Sky High for Reading" program encourages children in Springfield to read enough books so that, if…
Descriptors: Poetry, Reading Programs, Poets, Biographies
