That Early Childhood Nerd
If you love thinking deeply about childhood, early childhood education, caring for children, and supporting children’s right to play, this is the podcast for you! Each week, host and self-proclaimed early childhood nerd Heather Bernt-Santy invites practitioners, writers, and thinkers who share her commitment to doing the very best we can for children, their caregivers and teachers, and their families to discuss big ideas, real life practices, and cool research. Let’s get nerdy!
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Dec 11, 2017
Dec 11, 2017
20 min
In 1989, world leaders made a historic commitment to the world’s children by adopting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child – an international agreement on childhood.
It’s become the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history and has helped transform children’s lives around the world. The United States has yet to ratify.
In this two part conversation, host Heather Bernt-Santy is joined by Tiffany Pearsall.
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Dec 4, 2017
Dec 4, 2017
22 min
In 1989, world leaders made a historic commitment to the world’s children by adopting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child – an international agreement on childhood.
It’s become the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history and has helped transform children’s lives around the world. The United States has yet to ratify.
In this two part conversation, host Heather Bernt-Santy is joined by Tiffany Pearsall.
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Nov 27, 2017
Nov 27, 2017
35 min
This episode is a little different from the usual--it's a solo episode from host Heather Bernt-Santy, as she talks listeners through the "curriculum planning" form she developed for those moving away from theme planning or adult directed curriculum.
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Nov 20, 2017
Nov 20, 2017
37 min
In this episode, Laura Spillman joins host Heather Bernt-Santy to concluded the series of discussions of core dispositions of master teachers in early childhood.
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Nov 13, 2017
Nov 13, 2017
21 min
Host Heather Bernt-Santy and frequent collaborator Laura Spillman are here to share their Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children conference presentation, "I Was a Bad Child Care Center Director."
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Nov 6, 2017
Nov 6, 2017
20 min
Host Heather Bernt-Santy and frequent collaborator Laura Spillman are here to share their Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children conference presentation, "I Was a Bad Child Care Center Director."
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Oct 30, 2017
Oct 30, 2017
23 min
Host Heather Bernt-Santy and frequent collaborator Laura Spillman are here to share their Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children conference presentation, "I Was a Bad Child Care Center Director."
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Oct 16, 2017
Oct 16, 2017
22 min
Part 2 of Tiffany and Heather's conversation about collaboration and peer support, which are identified as core dispositions of master teachers in early childhood by Margie Carter and Deb Curtis.
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Oct 16, 2017
Oct 16, 2017
23 min
In this episode, host Heather Bernt-Santy and Tiffany Pearsall continue the conversation about core dispositions of master teachers in early childhood.
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Oct 9, 2017
Oct 9, 2017
32 min
"Rather than conclude that some children are born teachers, why not try to identify the habits of mind that characterize master teachers and then consistently foster those in our teacher training efforts?"
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