In Mrs. Tully's Room: A Childcare Portrait Revised Edition Contributor(s): Paley, Vivian Gussin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674011163 ISBN-13: 9780674011168 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: In Mrs. Tully's Room makes a quiet but powerful case for the pedagogical skill and psychological insight that childcare providers--so often underpaid and undervalued--can bring to their work. It also emphasizes how warm, quasi-familial, even mentoring relationships can develop between childcare providers and their preschool families. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General - Education | Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten) - Literary Criticism | Children's & Young Adult Literature |
Dewey: 372.21 |
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 4.72" W x 7.34" (0.39 lbs) 160 pages |
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Illinois |
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Publisher Description: In Mrs. Tully's Room makes a quiet but powerful case for the pedagogical skill and psychological insight that childcare providers--so often underpaid and undervalued--can bring to their work. It also emphasizes how warm, quasi-familial, even mentoring relationships can develop between childcare providers and their preschool families. |
Contributor Bio(s): Paley, Vivian Gussin: - Vivian Gussin Paley, a former kindergarten teacher, is the winner of a MacArthur Award and of the 1998 American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement given by the Before Columbus Foundation. |