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Thinking about thinking – What is your Thinking?

  By: Diane Kashin, Ed.D, RECE. Years ago, while conducting research for my doctoral dissertation, I spent the morning in a classroom and was forever changed by a question asked of a child, “what is your thinking?” When “Felicia” asked the child playing with funnels and tubes at the water table what he was thinking … Continue reading →

Documenting Collaboration in Teaching and Learning

Documenting Collaboration in Teaching and Learning

By: Diane Kashin, Ed.D, RECE. Embracing Reggio principles in practice,  I am committed to research. I see research as an opportunity to act upon our knowledge in a way that is collaborative, creative and critical.  Collaboration can be rich. When I have the opportunity to write, co-facilitate professional learning and together with others, mess about … Continue reading →

Messing About in Denver

Messing About in Denver

By: Diane Kashin, Ed.D, RECE. On October 12th,  I was in Denver, Colorado at the Resource Area for Teachers (RAFT) and participated in a “Messing About” workshop that incorporated the exhibit, Cultivating the Scientist in Every Child: The Philosophy of Frances and David Hawkins. The day before, I had the opportunity to tour the Boulder … Continue reading →

My father was a scientist

My father was a scientist. He was a left-brain thinker. My mother is an artist, loves nature and sees the world aesthetically. The two worlds often collided but came together when as a family we were outside, hunting for rocks, on beaches, by streams and in quarries. I had wild ideas back then about being … Continue reading →