Constructivist teaching is rooted in Piaget’s theory of cognitive and social development which focuses on the structure of human knowledge and the process by which it is constructed. Founding members of the Association for Constructivist Teaching (ACT), Drs. Rheta DeVries and Constance Kamii were both students of Piaget and are often referred to as the…Read More
Visions for the Future
2022 Annual Conference of California Association for the Education of Young Children The theme of the conference was Visions for the Future. Considering many changes and much public interest in early childhood education, this conference hoped to identify and shape the visions of the field of early childhood education in California. It was the first…Read More
The Power of Mobiles for STEAM Learning
Realizing that one of the most joyful blessings God has given me is great and generous mentors throughout my life, I have a strong desire to mentor students through scholarly work. However, here at Vanguard University, the Early Childhood Program is fully online and at an undergraduate level, so it is somewhat challenging to conduct…Read More
ePortfolios at the Association of Constructivist Teaching
In mid-October, fall colors abounded on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan. And there were lots of Constructivist educators – students, classroom teachers, administrators, higher education faculty and administrators, researchers – in all grade levels traveling from all over the US to enjoy action-research presentations in various topics at the annual conference…Read More
CAAEYC (California Association for the Education of Young Children) Conference
I attended at the 2019 Annual CAAEYC (California Association for the Education of Young Children) Conference & Expo t as a presenter and a Board member. The conference was held at the Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA from April 12 to April 14, 2019. My workshop, titled Renewing Accreditation, was geared for directors and…Read More
Intergenerational Engagement in the Classroom
I attended and gave a presentation with Dr. Jinhee Kim (Kennesaw State University) at the largest early childhood education conference in the world, the 2017 NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA. The title of the presentation was “Meaningful Intergenerational (IG) Activities in Early Childhood Classrooms.” Acknowledgement of…Read More
Soaring to New Heights
I attended the 2017 annual California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC) Conference & Expo held in Ontario, CA from March 23 – 26, 2017. CAEYC is a California chapter of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), with a membership of approximately 100,000 members. CAEYC has over 5,000 members.…Read More