In this article, educators at University Primary School in Champaign, Illinois, share examples and understandings of the ways The Project Approach challenges young children to think critically about topics of importance in their world. Project investigations that provoke academic and social challenges for individuals and classroom communities of children are provided as a means to foster interest in children’s experiences, questioning, research, and representations.
BurnsM. V.ChiS. Y.HertzogN. B. (2008). Investigating the Tallgrass Prairie. Early Childhood Research and Practice, 10(1). Retrieved from http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v10n1/burns.html
