Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The image of the child...

What kind of idea of children do you have?  What is your image of a child?

The fundamental place to begin, and forever return to whenever any decision is made regarding education, is to ask ourselves ‘what is our image of a child?’  There are always many stake-holders when it comes to make decisions regarding educating children - parents, teachers, administrators, school staff, cafeteria employees.  We need a collective image of the child and stay true to it in all our steps forward.  If the image of child is a consistent one the program is stronger.

I don't think the image of a child needs descriptors, but here are some of mine...

Complex.

Playful.

Imaginative.

Stubborn.

Seeking relationships and belonging.

Communicative.

Pure.

Loving.



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