Jenny's story
Subtitle: taking the long view of the child : Prospect's philosophy in action
By: Patricia F. Carini and Margaret Himley ; with Carol Christine, Cecilia Espinosa, and Julia Fournier.
Contributors: Himley, Margaret.
Series: The practitioner inquiry series; Practitioner inquiry series
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780807750513; 9780807750520
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)
Genres: Longitudinal studies
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.