Lisa Burman

About the Author:

Lisa Burman has been an educator for thirty-six years, twenty of these spent as an educational consultant. She is currently the Director and Principal Consultant of Lisa Burman Consultants, which is based in Adelaide, South Australia, and works internationally. Prior to returning to Adelaide in 2011, she was based in New York City for ten years, where she wrote first book, Are You Listening? Fostering Conversations that Help Young Children Learn, published by Redleaf Press in 2009.

Lisa Burman 's Books

  • A Culture of Agency: Fostering Engagement, Empowerment, Identity, and Belonging in the Early Years
    A Culture of Agency: Fostering Engagement, Empowerment, Identity, and Belonging in the Early Years

    Author: Lisa Burman

    Product Code:
    547985 (Softbound)
    547992 (e-book)
    ISBN:
    978-1-60554-798-5 (Softbound)
    978-1-60554-799-2 (e-book)
    Age Focus: 3-8

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    By increasing children’s engagement, agency, sense of identity, and belonging, educators improve the learning culture in their classrooms. A Culture of Agency guides educators in doing their own everyday research to reflect on their observations and improve their learning culture. Includes guiding questions and a goal-setting tool to help you build a culture of agency in your setting. Features stories from real early childhood settings, educators, and children aged from three to eight.

    $26.95  
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  • Are You Listening?: Fostering Conversations That Help Young Children Learn
    Are You Listening?: Fostering Conversations That Help Young Children Learn

    Author: Lisa Burman

    Product Code:
    150141 (Softbound)
    543192 (e-book)
    ISBN:
    978-1-933653-46-4 (Softbound)
    978-1-60554-319-2 (e-book)

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    Conversations are more than an exchange of words; they are the core of the teaching method discussed in Are You Listening? This book offers early childhood educators an original model for using conversation as a learning tool in the classroom that is child-centered and compatible with emergent curriculum and Reggio Emilia approaches.

    Read the table of contents, and a sample chapter, from this book!

    200 pages

    $29.95  
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