Starting Small: Celebrating First Steps When Adopting Curricular Changes K16 [Hardcover]

Many teachers leverage their assets to adopt changes using small but meaningful changes that go beyond box-checking and encourage authentic learning and engagement. This book celebrates teachers small steps by sharing examples of these excellent small changes.Many teachers leverage their assets to adopt changes using small but meaningful changes that go beyond box-checking and encourage authentic learning and engagement. This book celebrates teachers' small steps by sharing examples of these excellent small changes.Lauren Madden is a Professor in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at The College of New Jersey. The aim of her work is to advocate for scientific literacy and the health of our planet through teaching and learning.

Starting Small: Celebrating First Steps When Adopting Curricular Change K-16

Foreword
By: Lauren Madden

Chapter 1 Little Kids Making Big Decisions
By: Tiffany Robles

Chapter 2 Small Changes, Meaningful Impact: Number Talks in the Elementary Mathematics Classroom
By: Heather West Jerez*, Temple A. Walkowiak*, Briana Pelton, Kristin Hord, & Jennifer Tymkin
* The first two authors are co-lead authors.

Chapter 3 Wonder Walks as Nature Based Teaching Practice
By: Steph N. Dean

Chapter 4 A small step towards a meaningful school: collaboration in experimentality for curriculum integration
By: Ivan Salinas, Natalia Albornoz, & Magnolia Guerrero

Chapter 5 Taking Small Steps Towards Inquiry-Based Science Teaching
By: Zora M. Wolfe

Chapter 6 Creating a Discourse Driven Classroom
By: Jillian Plum

Chapter 7 Stepping Stones on Mount Project-Based Learning (PBL)
By: Maggie Demarse and Anne-Lise Halvorsen

Chapter 8 Stories That Need To Be Told
By: Clancy Bishop, Tiffany Coleman, Nikki Collins, & Melissa Ewing

Chapter 9 The Naughty ListTime for a Change
By: Carolyn Davidson Abel & Tingting Xu

Chapter 10 Nurturing l“‘