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NERD_0263 The Child As Expert Jan 11, 2023

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In his new book, Inclusion Includes Us: Building Bridges and Removing Barriers in Early Childhood Classrooms, Mike Huber talks about “multiple experts” who can contribute to a sense of belonging, including the child as expert. Listen in as he and Heather talk it through.

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CCBAG_0926 Jeff’s Playful Change Spreadsheet Jan 05, 2023

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Lisa and Jeff go off the rails from the beginning and spend the whole episode chatting about the 2023 Playful Change Challenge. Specifically, the fun new spreadsheet Jeff created to track his progress. There are formulas and everything–what fun!

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NERD_0262 Revisiting The Perry Preschool Project Jan 04, 2023

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Tiffany and Heather revisit the Ypsilanti Perry Preschool Project as described in Louise Derman Sparks’ article, “What I Learned form the Ypsilanti Perry Preschool Project: A Teacher’s Reflections.” It’s a fascinating retelling of what was measured, what was not considered, and whether they really used that Bank Street College curriculum.

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NERD_0261 Cognitive Dissonance And Emotional Distress Dec 28, 2022

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In this episode, Mike Huber shares the story of observing and supporting a young boy’s struggle to enter a classroom with two substitute teachers, and shares his thoughts and wonderings about the emotional distress he saw as a result of the boy’s experience with cognitive dissonance when his familiar schema was disrupted.

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NERD_0260 Emotional And Dependency Labor Dec 21, 2022

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One time in the Nerd group chat, Lizz Nolasco shared a really interesting article/interview about the term “emotional labor.” Then Carol Garboden Murray connected it to a book that discussed “dependency labor” and the two of them had a wonderful, deep, thoughtful chat while the rest of us read in awe. So here are Lizz and Carol to share a bit of that conversation with you all!

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NERD_0259 Don’t Be Scared Of Advocacy! Dec 07, 2022

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It’s time for a revolution in early care and education! Rae Pica drops by to talk about her new book, “Spark a Revolution in Early Education: Speaking Up for Ourselves and the Children.”

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NERD_0258 Pursuing Bad Guys With Donna King Nov 23, 2022

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Join us as Donna King, author of Pursuing Bad Guys: Joining Children’s Quest for Clarity, Courage and Community, as she talks about her “yearlong, co-constructed investigation of goodness and badness, real and pretend, safety and courage.”

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NERD_0257 Commodifying Early Childhood Nov 09, 2022

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“Commodification is the rendering of people or things into items of economic exchange, reducing humans and humanity into objects, and attaching human value to economic merits.” (W. Gregory Harman)

Yep, even children…..

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NERD_0256 Inclusion Includes Us Nov 02, 2022

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Mike Huber has a new book coming out, and you’re definitely going to want to read it! In this episode, Mike talks about the book, titled “Inclusion Includes Us: Building Bridges and Removing Barriers in Early Childhood Classrooms.”

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NERD_0255 Telling Children’s Stories Oct 27, 2022

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“There is a dominant discourse that early education is preparation for something in the future, usually stated as kindergarten; that developmental psychology with its focus on ages and stages can be a framework for early education; that children need adults to fix them; that the natural caring of others, a strength of women, isn’t important.These dominant discourses lead us away from closely examining the amazing events that happen in children’s lives every day that show how brilliant and capable young children are.” (Tom Drummond)

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