That Early Childhood Nerd
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NERD_0323 ECE MAYtriarchy Episode 4
This episode is the fourth installment of a new traditionepisodes in May that invite some of Heather's favorite women in early childhood to talk about the women who guide our work.In this conversation, Heather talks about Lilian Katz, Miriam Beloglovsky
NERD_0322 ECE MAYtriarchy Episode 3
Have you ever noticed that most of the theorists and philosophies in our early childhood textbooks are the same handful of men-plus-Montessori? Heather got curious.who are the women (past and present) who are influencing and informing the work were doin
NERD_0321 ECE MAYtriarchy Episode 2
Have you ever noticed that most of the theorists and philosophies in our early childhood textbooks are the same handful of men-plus-Montessori? Heather got curious.who are the women (past and present) who are influencing and informing the work were doin
NERD_0320 ECE MAYtriarchy part 1
Have you ever noticed that most of the theorists and philosophies in our early childhood textbooks are the same handful of men-plus-Montessori? Heather got curious....who are the women (past and present) who are influencing and informing the work we're do
NERD_0319 Who Gets to Decide What Matters?
Heather is TIRED of non-expert stakeholders trying to tell her what is and isn't "quality" for young children's spaces and experiences. In this episode, she invites Carol Garboden Murray and Richard Cohen to help her process how problematic it is when we
NERD_0318 What Should We Call Ourselves?
If there's one thing host Heather Bernt-Santy loves, it's a nerdy panel discussion! And this one is a good one...including Heather, Richard Cohen (Zen and the Art of Early Childhood), Nancy Rosenow (author of Encouragement Every Day), Carol Garboden Murra
NERD_0317 The Segregated Lives of Preschoolers with Dr. Casey Stockstill
This week host Heather Bernt-Santy welcomes Dartmouth sociologist Dr Casey Stockstill, author of the book False Starts: The Segregated Lives of Preschoolers. In her book, she describes and discusses what she learned while conducting research in two differ
NERD_0316 Is Education an Equalizer, or a Reproducer of Inequity?
Join host Heather Bernt-Santy and fellow nerd Lizz Nolasco as they explore this quote from an article by Beth Blue Swadener and Shirley Kessler: "Of significance among reconceptualist perspectives is the social, historical and political context of the ear
NERD_0315 Loose Parts…and Stuff with Miriam Beloglovsky and Suzanne Axelsson
The idea of loose parts is often misunderstood and misrepresented in early childhood spaces and conversations. In this conversation, Heather talks to authors Suzanne Axelsson and Miriam Beloglovsky to explore the origin of the idea, the reasons and ways i
NERD_0314 Happily Ever Resilient with Author Stephanie Goloway
Join host Heather Bernt-Santy as she talks to Stephanie Goloway, author of the Redleaf Press book Happily Ever Resilient: Using Fairy Tales to Nurture Children Through Adversity. Discover how "we can transform our best practices surrounding play, stories,