Music and Physical Play: What Can We Learn from Early Childhood Teachers in Kenya?

Autor/inn/en	Freshwater, Amy; Sherwood, Elizabeth; Mbugua, Esther
Titel	Music and Physical Play: What Can We Learn from Early Childhood Teachers in Kenya?
Quelle	In: Childhood Education, 85 (2008) 1, S.2 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-4056
Schlagwörter	Classroom Techniques; Play; Physical Activities; Music Activities; Young Children; Foreign Countries; Teacher Educators; Teaching Methods; Preschool Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Cultural Differences; Video Technology; Educational Games; Physical Development; Second Language Learning; Language Acquisition; Health Promotion; Skill Development; Holistic Approach; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassenführung; Spiel; Musikalische Aktion; Frühe Kindheit; Ausland; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Lehrerverhalten; Kultureller Unterschied; Educational game; Lernspiel; Körperliche Entwicklung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Holistischer Ansatz; Kenia
Abstract	Sharing classroom practices across international borders can add new dimensions to teaching methods, no matter where one calls home. With this idea in mind, the authors (two U.S. early childhood teacher educators and a Kenyan-born U.S. early childhood teacher) have corresponded for several years through e-mail with a small group of early childhood teachers in Kenya. They have asked those teachers about their classroom beliefs and practices in an effort to understand their perspectives about their field. In addition to the e-mail correspondence, the Kenyan teachers shared their classroom experiences and methods through videotapes. As they watched the tapes, the authors were struck by the children's and teachers' high level of physical activity while they played their musical outdoor games. The purpose of this article is to give teachers the opportunity to enrich their use of music and physical play with the strategies used by the Kenyan teachers. The authors present these strategies through vignettes that capture Kenyan early childhood teaching practices in a way that is meaningful to teachers outside Kenya. The vignettes they have constructed are based on a compilation of observations from the videotapes, their e-mail correspondences, and the U.S./Kenyan teacher's knowledge of life in Kenya. Each of the authors' vignettes is followed by an explanation of why they think the described experience is worthwhile for children. Next, they address what they, as teachers and teacher educators, have learned from the Kenyan teachers. Finally, they discuss how these strategies might be adapted for use in other countries. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10