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Hatching Butterflies and Other Mysteries: A Story of a Teacher Learning to “Let Go”

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As a teacher deals with the frustrations of classroom management and her fears concerning control, she finds what it means to “let go” to the process of living and learning with young children. Her method of dealing with issues of classroom community involves teacher reflection on action, listening to stories of children, and telling stories of her own.

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  1. Stephens College Children's School, Columbia, Missouri

    Debora Basler Wisneski

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Wisneski, D.B. Hatching Butterflies and Other Mysteries: A Story of a Teacher Learning to “Let Go”. Early Childhood Education Journal 28, 29–33 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009543503183

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