Title: Jenny's story : taking the long view of the child : Prospect's philosophy in action /
Authors: Carini, Patricia F.; Himley, Margaret.
Publisher: Teachers College Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Prospect Archives and Center for Education and Research.; Child development Arizona Phoenix Longitudinal studies.; School children Arizona Phoenix Longitudinal studies.; Racially mixed children Arizona Phoenix Longitudinal studies.; Observation (Educational method)
Abstract: "By carefully documenting how space was made for Jenny - a child who didn't fit the school mold - this book offers a renewed sense of human possibility and an attainable vision of what schools can be. The authors demonstrate that it is only by attending to each and every child that schooling can begin to achieve its most noble aim: equality." "Readers are introduced to Prospect's educational philosophy and descriptive processes, with details about what the processes are and what they offer teachers, parents, and children. Jenny's story is told through these processes - ways of looking at children and their work that make it possible to know each child as a person, a thinker, and a learner."--Jacket.
Contents: Pt. I. Telling Jenny's story : the dignity and well-being of the child -- Meeting Jenny : rethinking schooling -- Meeting Jenny again : reimagining ourselves as teachers -- Taking the long view of the child : trusting the person as maker of meaning -- Describing Jenny's writings and drawings : authoring works/authoring self (2006) -- pt. II. Imagination unloosed : history, memory, conviction, and courage -- History, vision, struggle : the Vermont design for education -- Memory : making and remaking ourselves as teachers -- Conviction : the teacher I want to be -- Courage and trust : acting on behalf of all children -- pt. III. Moving forward : refusing conformity/creating possibility -- Poiesis : life on the uptake -- Making and doing philosophy in a school -- Epilogue : Interview with Tisa Williams and Jenny Williams : fall 2007.