About

Christine Chaillé is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Portland State University focusing on early childhood education. Her doctorate is from UCLA, and she also studied with Jean Piaget at the University of Geneva. She is the author of Constructivism Across the Early Childhood Curriculum: Big Ideas as Inspiration, and co-author of The Young Child as Scientist: A Constructivist Approach to Early Childhood Science Education and Integrating Math and Science in Early Childhood Classrooms Through Big Ideas: A Constructivist Approach and has written many publications primarily on the importance of children’s play and constructivism. She currently serves as Associate Faculty for the Singapore University of Social Sciences. She has served as President of the Oregon Association for the Education of Young Children, President of the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators and was named Outstanding Teacher Educator of 2013 by NAECTE.