In the classrooms all young children need patricia m cooper takes a synoptic view of paleys many books and articles charting the evolution of paleys thinking while revealing the seminal characteristics of her teaching philosophy this careful analysis leads cooper to identify a pedagogical model organized around two complementary principles a curriculum that promotes play and imagination and the idea of classrooms as fair places where young children of every color ability and . Teacher and author vivian paley is highly regarded by parents educators and other professionals for her original insights into such seemingly everyday issues as play story gender and how young children think this book takes a synoptic view of paleys many books and articles charting the evolution of paleys thinking while revealing the seminal characteristics of her teaching philosophy. In the classrooms all young children need patricia m cooper takes a synoptic view of paleys many books and articles charting the evolution of paleys thinking while revealing the seminal characteristics of her teaching philosophy this careful analysis leads cooper to identify a pedagogical model organized around two complementary principles a curriculum that promotes play and imagination and the idea of classrooms as fair places where young children of every color ability and . In the classrooms all young children need patricia m cooper takes a synoptic view of paleys many books and articles charting the evolution of paleys thinkin teacher and author vivian paley is highly regarded by parents educators and other professionals for her original insights into such seemingly everyday issues as play story gender and how young children think. Teacher and author vivian paley is highly regarded by parents educators and other professionals for her original insights into such seemingly everyday issues as play story gender and how young children think in the classrooms all young children need patricia m cooper takes a synoptic view of paleys many books and articles charting the evolution of paleys thinking while revealing