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PROSPECT REVIEW #29 (e) - December 2007 The current issue of The Prospect Review (#29) is now posted under Prospect Review (link is on left hand menu). The following are Editors' Notes by Betsy Wice and Cecilia Espinosa. We again thank both the writers and our wonderful editors. Warmly, Lynne Strieb Editors’ Note: "And here we are, twenty or thirty years later, coming to this work. The With these words, Joan Bradbury speaks of the immediate relevance of the This issue of The Prospect Review lets us in on the thoughts of a special How did the Prospect Archives come to be? Pat Carini tells some of the history Sincerely, Posted by lstrieb at 10:18 AM
About The Prospect Archives and What are the Prospect Archives? What is The Reference Edition of The Prospect Archives? What is available from the Prospect Center Office? What kinds of support are available for people who want to use The Reference Edition? What can I find at the University of Vermont and how do I get access to it? What is at the University of North Dakota? What about copyright? To find answers to these questions, Download file Posted by lstrieb at 1:08 PM
MAKING SPACE FOR THE ART OF TEACHING We are pleased that many people have registered for this year's Fall Conference. Because Wisdom house can accommodate additional people, we are able to extend the final date for registration to Monday, October 22, 2007. Our cancellation deadline remains November 2, 2007. Until November 2nd we will be able to refund money, subject to a $50 cancellation fee. After November 2nd, in the event of a cancellation, we cannot give refunds for any reason because Wisdom House will have been paid in full. Betsy Wice and Paige Bray, Conference Co-chairs Posted by lstrieb at 7:07 AM
December 14, 2007
PROSPECT REVIEW
school is closed. The child is grown up. Whether we are seeing it for the first
time, or the fourth or twentieth time, we come to it fresh with a new group.
There is always more to see and know and question. There is a relationship to
create, with the work, with the child, with one another. There is, in this
collaborative looking and describing, new knowledge created and new work, as
fresh and powerful as the child's work. This is always true, but takes on added
importance in these times."
Prospect Archives of Children's Work.
education teacher in New York City (Lariza Martell), a third-grade teacher in
Illinois (Eve Richards), and a middle-school teacher in Vermont (Nancy
Mildrum). Each of them tells how the Prospect Archives have enriched her
classroom life.
in her essay "Made by Hand," where she also explains the descriptive process
for studying a child's work. How can we get access to the works in the Prospect
Archives? The FAQ fact sheet below answers this and other practical questions.
We hope this issue of The Prospect Review will inform current teaching and
connect more of us with this rich resource.
Cecilia Espinosa and Betsy Wice, co-editorsNovember 27, 2007
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
The Reference Edition of The Prospect ArchivesOctober 18, 2007
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