Dr Stephanie C. Sanders-Smith | YCYW Early Childhood Education: The 12 Values 耀中耀华幼儿教育：十二项信条

About the Session

Abstract: Yew Chung International School has a history of over 90 years of exemplary early childhood education in Hong Kong and now a 30-year history in Shanghai. YCIS is known for its high-quality early childhood program that promotes a global lens and multilingualism through an emergent curriculum. This presentation details the Twelve Values that exemplify the approach, including relationships, the emergent curriculum, inquiry-based pedagogy, and the multilingual and multicultural approach. Teachers and children work together as children become cross-cultural practitioners who act for a better world. The Twelve Values together describe the philosophy of the Yew Chung Approach that has evolved over the last 90 years and will continue to evolve to support the needs of a changing global society.

Biography

Dr Stephanie C. Sanders-Smith

Associate Professor of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Yew Chung – Bernard Spodek Scholar in Early Childhood Education, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Lead author of the book The Yew Chung Approach to Early Childhood Education

Dr Stephanie C. Sanders-Smith’s research addresses ongoing dialogues regarding culturally sustaining practices in early childhood education. Through adopting sociological and theoretical lenses, she addresses questions about relationships between teachers and children and between teachers and families, as well as how these relationships are affected by socio-cultural context and school philosophy. Her research specifically targets relationships that result in the recognition of the rights and perspectives of children in educational experiences.

Her research follows two lines of inquiry: The first line of inquiry utilises the work of Bernstein and Dewey to examine the ways how teachers in schools employ philosophies of progressive early education in supporting democratic relationships with children as well as learning. Her second line of inquiry, through using the Bourdieusian lens, examines family engagement, how teachers build non-hierarchical relationships with families, teachers’ dispositions for engagement, and barriers to relationships between teachers and families.

关于演讲

摘要：耀中国际学校在香港拥有超过九十年从事幼儿教育的历史，为业界树立了典范；如今，机构在上海的工作也达三十年之久。耀中以提供优质幼儿教育闻名，通过生成课程培养学生的国际视野及多语言能力。本演讲将以“十二项信条”说明这教学理念如何体现在人际关系、生成课程、探究式教学以及多语言多文化学习之范畴中。在教师与儿童共同努力下，儿童成为跨文化实践者，为建设更美好世界而努力。这“十二项信条”阐明了在过去 90 年间不断发展的耀中教学理念；耀中将继续精益求精，为日新月异的世界需要作出贡献。

简历

斯蒂芬妮C. 桑德斯-史密斯博士

美国伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校课程与教学系副教授

伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校之耀中-伯纳德·斯波代克幼儿教育学者

《耀中幼教教学法》作者

斯蒂芬妮C. 桑德斯-史密斯博士之研究主要涉及如何在儿童早期教育中持续地实施与文化相关的活动。从社会学的理论出发，探讨教师与儿童、教师与家庭之间的关系，以及这些关系如何受社会文化与学校理念影响。她的研究主要探讨在教育体验中，有助肯定儿童权利和观点的各种关系。

她的研究包括以下两个主軸：第一主軸通过运用伯恩斯坦和杜威的研究成果，对采用儿童渐进式教育理念的教师进行审视，了解他们如何制造条件，促进他们与儿童建立民主关系以及把理念实践在学习上。 第二主軸采用布尔迪厄斯的观点来探讨家庭参与的议题，检视教师如何与学生家庭建立平等关系、教师与家庭接触时的态度，以及双方联系时所遇到的障碍。