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Opening Keynote Address: Who will save the Kindergarten?
Program Code:
213370
Date:
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Time:
4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
EST
SPEAKER
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Vivian Gussin Paley, Ph.D., taught preschool and kindergarten at the University of Chicago’s acclaimed Laboratory School for over 30 years. She is the author of thirteen books about young children, including, You Can’t Say You Can’t Play, A Child’s Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play, and The Boy on the Beach: Building Community Through Play. A winner of numerous awards and honors, including a MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant,” Dr. Paley has long advocated that fantasy play is the mechanism through which children make sense of their worlds. Such meaning-making activity develops both the logic and flexibility needed to form a society based on friendship, fantasy and fairness.
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Mrs. Paley taught preschool and kindergarten for 37 years primarily at the University of Chicago’s acclaimed Laboratory Schools. In addition to teaching, she is the author of 13 books about young children. Mrs. Paley is also a winner of numerous awards and honors, including a MacArthur Fellowship Genius Grant.
Attend Vivian Gussin Paley’s keynote address “Who Will Save the Kindergarten?” The teacher, of course. It is time to re-invent the garden of children, and only their teachers can come to the rescue.