"The Fun Thing about Studying Different Beliefs Is that ... They Are Different"--Kindergartners Explore Spirituality

Autor/inn/en	Mardell, Ben; Abo-Zena, Mona M.
Titel	"The Fun Thing about Studying Different Beliefs Is that ... They Are Different"--Kindergartners Explore Spirituality
Quelle	In: Young Children, 65 (2010) 4, S.12-17 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1538-6619
Schlagwörter	Early Childhood Education; Young Children; Kindergarten; Beliefs; Religious Factors; Family School Relationship; Cultural Pluralism; Inclusive Schools; Laboratory Schools; Religion; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Frühe Kindheit; Belief; Glaube; Kulturpluralismus; Inclusive school; Integrative Schule; Laborschule; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Young children are actively working to make sense of the world, including what it means when people disagree about deeply held beliefs. Early childhood is a time when understandings of differences are formed. Guided explorations about differences in beliefs are important because they help children develop healthy attitudes about spiritual plurality, and they cultivate meaningful home-school relations with diverse families. This article is for early childhood teachers, administrators, and families interested in helping young children develop positive views about diverse spiritual beliefs and the people who embrace them. The article is based on a project in which Max, Emily, Robert, and their 15 classmates studied their own and others' understanding of creation, heaven, and the divine at the Eliot-Pearson Children's School, a lab school at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. The Children's School is an inclusion model early childhood center serving 3-year-olds through second-graders. The article is organized around five questions readers may have about the project: (1) Why was this project undertaken?; (2) What did the project involve?; (3) What did the parents say?; (4) What did the teachers learn?; and (5) What did the children learn? (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Association for the Education of Young Children. 1313 L Street NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 22205-4101. Tel: 800-424-2460; Tel: 202-232-8777; Fax: 202-328-2649; e-mail: editorial@naeyc.org; Web site: http://journal.naeyc.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10