The boy who would be a helicopter /

Documents a child's journey from isolation to connection and safety in a preschool classroom.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paley, Vivian Gussin, 1929-2019
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1990.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780674041868
0674041860
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The uses of storytelling in the classroom
  • Cover. This book focuses on the challenge posed by the isolated child to teachers and classmates alike in the unique community of the classroom. It is the dramatic story of Jason
  • the loner and outsider
  • and of his ultimate triumph and homecoming into the society of his classmates. As we follow Jason's struggle, we see that the classroom is indeed the crucible within which the young discover themselves and learn to confront new problems in their daily experience. Storytellers and story players. Teacher and theory-maker. Jason's story. New questions.