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Jul 4, 2016 · Download full-text PDF Read full-text. ... are an underlying prerequisite for improvisation in education. (4) Context: Professional improvisational practices are context dependent and domain ...
4.2.2. The concept of improvisation in education and educational theory Our review indings in education and educational theory suggest that improvisation in this ield on the one hand is a young and not yet a fully developed concept, and on the other hand is based on long-standing tradition.
- Kari Holdhus
Improvisation is especially useful in the college classroom because it is particularly effective with problem-based material. One of the goals of improvisation is to ‘solve a problem’. It also requires students to focus on the problem and not the individuals addressing the problem because they are ‘in the moment’ at all times.
- Anne E. Karabon
- 1. Introduction
- 4.1 The Teachers.
- 4.2 Improvisation as a Teacher Practice
- 4.3 Improvisation as a Child Practice.
- 4.4 Improvisation and Co-Constructing Knowledge.
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Early childhood education in the United States has traditionally been distinct from elementary and secondary education in its focus on child-centered practice1 – curriculum and activities guided by typical age-focused development, organized around children’s interests, and enacted through concrete activities. Yesterday’s kindergarten, in its ideal...
Mrs. A was an experienced educator and a preK teacher in an affluent nursery school that is part of the local public preK program. She taught second grade for a number of years before moving to preschool after stepping out of the workforce to have children. She had a strong sense of literacy and mathematics content. Mrs. A understood the importa...
How a teacher plans activities and interacts with children is important to consider when thinking about improvisational teaching. Teaching new skills and concepts in this manner requires responding to children’s resources with multiple forms of content and being open to children taking up the content in unexpected ways. Entering an interaction st...
Much of the literature on improvisational teaching focuses on the actions of the teacher. This work has been helpful in highlighting the degree to which teachers can fruitfully take up their students’ knowledge in the classroom. But it is also important to recognize that improvisation is a partnered activity – successful improvisation involves an...
Improvisational teaching creates opportunities for children and teachers to jointly construct knowledge in a classroom setting. Though important in all teacher/child interactions, improvisation is particularly critical when teaching in play. Relationships are important in this style of teaching, the connection teachers and children have can impac...
We have identified four different aspects of improvisation, which appear to be of crucial importance in any discussion about improvisation as a key concept in education: (1) Communication and dialogues: Communication in improvisation can be described along a continuum of two positions: From the internal process of communication itself to the external intended result of it.
consider improvisation as a teaching strategy in your classroom, how improvisation can be applied to teaching, and step-by-step descriptions of four improvisational techniques used in a mental health and stress management course. Principles of Improvisation There are seven principles of improvisation: 1. Trust.
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Jan 1, 2010 · A challenge for teacher education is to understand how pre-service teachers learn from experience in multiple contexts–especially when their own schooling, the university methods course, and ...
