Daniel Meier, profesor de educación primaria, cuenta con una amplia experiencia en el desarrollo del lenguaje y la alfabetización infantil. Sus trabajos académicos se centran en la investigación narrativa y la memoria, explorando cómo los educadores llevan a cabo investigaciones a través de sus propias trayectorias profesionales. Es un firme defensor del aprendizaje basado en la indagación y de la importancia de la investigación docente, dedicado a mejorar la educación infantil.
Discover new ways to help elementary students engage with and understand the world around them by incorporating climate-informed learning into the classroom. This book features foundational climate concepts, easily implementable activity plans, and inspiring examples of student engagement.
Now in a fully updated second edition, Nature Education and Young Children remains a thoughtful, sophisticated teacher resource that blends theory and practice on nature education, children's inquiry-based learning, and reflective teaching. Reorganized to enhance its intuitive flow, this edition features a Foreword by David Sobel and three wholly new chapters examining nature and literacy in kindergarten, outdoor play and children's agency in a forest school, and the power of nature inquiry for dual language learners. Revised to reflect the latest research and guidelines, this book offers a seamless integration of science concepts into the daily intellectual and social investigations that occur in early childhood. With a fresh framing of nature exploration in the context of our current educational landscape, this text is a comprehensive guide for educators and students looking to introduce and deepen connections between nature education and teacher inquiry and reflection.