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Representational Competence: (Re)presenting Experiences through Words, Actions and Images.
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Raines, Shirley C. – Childhood Education, 1990
Presents an account of observations, descriptions, and interpretations of children's representations. Offers examples of ways teachers and parents can help children expand their language, actions, and images to symbolize their experiences. (BB)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Freehand Drawing, Language Patterns
Developing Professionalism: Shared Responsibility.
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Raines, Shirley C. – Childhood Education, 1983
Describes a graduate class that discussed adversities professional educators face and delineates a five-step process in which class members questioned, clarified, and defended their beliefs without fear of reprisals. (RH)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Professional Development, Teacher Morale, Teacher Role
Professional Books.
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Raines, Shirley C. – Childhood Education, 1991
Reviews (1) A Middle School Curriculum from Rhetoric to Reality, by James A. Beane; (2) Enquiring Teachers, Enquiring Learners, by Catherine Twomey Fosnet; (3) How Children Construct Literacy, Yetta M. Goodman, ed.; (4) The New Literacy, by John Willinsky; and (5) The Everyday Guide to Opening and Operating a Child Care Center, by Daniel F.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Teacher Educator Learns from 1st- and 2nd-Grade Readers and Writers.
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Raines, Shirley C. – Childhood Education, 1986
Shares the experiences of a teacher educator who, upon teaching language arts every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon for a year, observed numerous reading and writing language experiences. (HOD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Language Acquisition, Language Arts, Literacy