Elwyn S. Richardson
Although In the Early World was first published in the 1960s it is as relevant now as it was then. Integrated curriculum, values education, the arts, inquiry learning, philosophy, and creative thinking are all part of the story told in this remarkable book.
"New Zealand's reputation for innovative and creative educators has depended on the courage and wisdom of teachers like Elwyn Richardson. In the Early World is a story about learning, told by a teacher who believed passionately that creative thinking and intellectual growth are inextricably linked.
"It is timely in the 21st century to recapture teaching as an art. In the Early World inspires teachers to take risks, to contemplate values and philosophies as central to the learning-teaching process and to adapt prescribed curriculum to the children's own desire to explore, inquire and create."
Centre for Professional Inquiry, Auckland College of Education
In the Early World is one of the great books about New Zealand education and is unique in presenting creativity at the centre of children's learning.
NZCER, 2001
ISBN: 1-877140-83-X | 
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