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Direct linkCarlos Montoya-Fernández; Luisa Losada-Puente; Isabel María Gómez-Barreto; Pedro Gil-Madrona – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2024
This systematic review aims to identify the dimensions operationalized in different instruments that assess the developmental domains in Early Childhood Education through play. Research between 2015 and 2021 that dealt with quantitative developmental assessment instruments from 2 to 7 years of age were included. Instruments without psychometric…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Play, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Peer reviewedKessler, Shirley A. – Early Education and Development, 1991
The recent call for developmentally appropriate practices is analyzed from the perspective of the sociology of the curriculum, which is examined briefly. Discussion covers metaphors that form the foundation of curriculum theory and two alternative metaphors: early childhood education as caring and as schooling for democracy. (LB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Citizenship Education, Critical Theory, Curriculum Evaluation
Peer reviewedSpodek, Bernard – Early Education and Development, 1991
Alternative programs developed in early childhood education over the years, from Colonial church communities to Montessori to current developmentally appropriate practices, are reviewed. It is suggested that teachers with limited perspectives on curriculum may violate the various ways of young children's knowing. (LB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Critical Theory, Curriculum Evaluation, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
