Teaching as a Moral Act: Vivian Paley and a Manifesto of Children's Rights in the Early Childhood Classroom

• Published in: Schools (Chicago, Ill.) Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 285 - 300
• Main Author: Cooper, Patricia M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Chicago Press 01.09.2021
• Subjects: Childrens Rights; Classroom Environment; Early Childhood Education; Early Childhood Teachers; Friendship; Imagination; Moral Values; Story Telling; Teacher Role; Teacher Student Relationship; Young Children

The purpose of this essay is to propose a manifesto of young children's rights in the early childhood classroom based on Vivian Paley's many formal classroom investigations into children's thinking, learning, and social emotional development. Analysis establishes, first, Paley's...