TEACHING AND PRACTICE - A CURIOUS PLAN - MANAGING ON THE 12TH

Patricia Clifford and Sharon Friesen are team teachers in an open-area classroom at University Elementary School in Calgary, Alberta, Canada . In this article, they capture their process of creating, with their students, a curriculum that takes its life from the interests and vari ed experiences of their classroom community. Using excerpts from their teaching journals, the authors recount their work with a classroom of six- and seven-year-olds, in which they continually question, challen ge, and ultimately change fundamental assumptions about the education of young children. Through the voices and stories of these authors and their students, we witness the rich life of a classroom where teacher s and children are passionate and vibrant learners.