Title: The Art of Awareness: How Observation Can Transform Your Teaching

Authors: Deb Curtis and Margie Carter

The book is about how to use observation as more than just a teaching technique.  It talks about how observing children closely provides a new way of thinking about learning and teaching, a way of making children visible as they are, not just as we want them to be.  It allows teachers to discover more than just techniques for watching or taking notes about children; they will discover a different way of being with children.  The book includes actual study sessions done by teachers followed by ideas, activities, and experiences.  You will also find great resources supporting intentional teaching practices in the classroom environment.

Teachers interested in refining and gathering resources on how to observe and use those observations to support them in their planning and support of children’s development should check out this book.

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