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Honouring the Child: Changing Ways of Teaching
by Pamela Proctor
Honouring the Child: Changing Ways of Teaching
by Pamela Proctorwww.honouringthechild.com
About the book: Pamela Proctor answers the current call for a change in the education of young children away from formal teaching and testing that is contrary to their natural development. She describes a program she developed with colleagues which, even though it began over thirty years ago and is based on theories expounded for the past three hundred, would today be seen as on the cutting edge. This book also dispels notions that such programs devoted to active learning, physical education, and the arts, are frivolous and that children who are playing aren't learning
What Reviewers have said about Honouring the Child:
I heartily congratulate Pamela Proctor for writing a fascinating tale of one teacher's struggle for humane education. Not only has she told a good story, she has written it extremely well. Her love of children, and devotion to their welfare, shines through on every page and sometimes brought tears to my eyes.
Dr. Olive Johnson, psychologist, author, and former school trustee.
Herein is a refreshing, compelling story by a lifelong teacher who clearly understood the vital differences between nurturing learning and coercive education. Pam's insights are a voice of reason urging retreat from the present schooling era that is mainly characterized by over-testing and overbearing standardization.
Michael Maser; Director, Self Design Learning Community and winner, '2006 Prime Minister's Award for Educational Excellence'.
This book confirms my belief that by giving children space to develop their own ideas and interests, rather than by imposing a rigid system of learning up on them, they will thrive.
Georgina Brandon, parent.
This book is insightful. It is needed and should be required reading in any faculty of education course. I really enjoyed reading it.
Robert Rustad, former lecturer, University of British Columbia.
I have found that my students and I have the most memorable experiences when I allow my children to learn through play and to build on their own interests. This book has inspired me to trust myself and my children.
Michelle Marrs, a beginning primary teacher.
This enlightening work comes at an opportune time when insight into the potential harm that may be done by excessive emphasis on early formal instruction and frequent testing of young children is urgently needed. In addition, it raises the questions for creative and thoughtful people who are making a career commitment to teaching young children.
Dr. Lilian G. Katz, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
In this book Proctor has produced a masterpiece of professional autobiography that tells the story school by school, colleague by colleague, child by child, of her own search for professional fulfillment as a teacher.
Dr. Sylvia C. Chard, Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta.
Honouring the Child is produced in 6" x 9" format with full colour soft cover, 320 pages, with references, bibliography, index, and 74 photos. It is printed in Canada on quality paper.
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I Was There - An Autobiography
by Frank ProctorAbout the book: Frank Proctor grew up in a coal mining town near Durham, England, came to Saskatchewan to work in the grain harvest, enlisted in the Regina Rifles on the outbreak of war, trained in Canada and England, landed in Normandy on D-Day, fought through France and Holland to Germany, returned to Canada and moved to Mission, B.C., where he raised his family and operated his own business until retirement to the beauty of his art. Read this gripping first hand account by a Canadian infantryman of his personal experiences in the tremendous events resulting in the liberation of Europe. 
Frank's personal involvement and descriptive writing about some of the defining history of the past century makes for fascinating reading. Written from the perspective of a man of strong spiritual conviction and considerable artistic talent, his foot soldier's account of the D-Day landings in Normandy and the liberation of France and Holland are unique. I Was There is widely acclaimed by many readers and reviewers, and has been enjoyed by young and old alike. It has sold well in B.C. and Saskatchewan, and in Ottawa at the Canadian War Museum and Museum of Civilization.
What readers and reviewers have said about I Was There:
I couldn't put it down. What a story! A great piece of history. His story makes me think. His book helped me. Thanks for a job well done. The best I have ever read. A wonderful story.
Inspiring to today's generations.
- CBC-Radio Canada, Vancouver
What a rewarding life!
- The Legion Magazine, Ottawa
The results are rather impressive.
- Moosejaw This Week , Moosejaw, Saskatchewan
A well paced account.
- The Coast Independent, Gibsons, British Columbia
He had what it took to become a real Canadian.
- The Star Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Powerful writing.
- The Mission City Record, Mission, British Columbia
Gently rewarding.
- The Leader Post, Regina, Saskatchewan
I Was There is in 6" x 9" format with full colour artist designed soft cover, 287 pages, 28 photos, and map. It is printed in Canada on quality paper.
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- Honouring the Child: Changing Ways of Teaching
by Pamela Proctor
ISBN 978-0-9686544-1-5 $38.75 CAD or USD
- I Was There: An Autobiography
by Frank Proctor
ISBN 0-9686544-0-1 $27.50 CAD or USD
tmi Publications, Box 692, Gibsons, B.C., V0N 1V0, Canada
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