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Between a Rock and a Hard Place in the Primary Grades: The Challenge of Providing Developmentally Appropriate Early Childhood Education in an Elementary School Setting.
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Goldstein, Lisa S. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1997
Notes that primary grade teachers attempting to implement developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) in their classrooms must contend with the competing professional models of early childhood education and elementary schooling. Describes the practices of one primary grade teacher, which, despite problems of interpretation, inconsistency, and only…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Educational Principles, Models
Multiple Ways of Knowing and Seeing: Reflections on the Renewed Vigour in Early Childhood Research
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Kilderry, Anna; Nolan, Andrea; Noble, Karen – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 2004
This paper reflects on the current state of research in early childhood education and proposes that there is a renewed interest in research evident at present. Multiple perspectives of viewing early childhood are increasing, with research stretching the comfortable boundaries wider than seen before in Australia. This paper discusses how early…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Change
New Beginnings: A Guide to Screening.
Maine State Dept. of Educational and Cultural Services, Augusta. – 1988
Providing a comprehensive overview, this guide to kindergarten screening was produced to aid Maine's school districts as they work to increase the effectiveness of their screening programs. Part 1, providing materials related to meeting the requirements of Maine's Education Reform Act of 1984, includes regulations pertaining to screening, a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Philosophy, Family School Relationship
Modeling Developmentally Appropriate Practices: Putting Our Theory into Practice. Developmentally Appropriate Practice.
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Jacobs, Geralyn M. – Journal of Early Education and Family Review, 1999
Argues that developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood education is a good model for effective practice in teacher education programs preparing early childhood teachers. Discusses ways to design classroom learning centers for adult students, describes strategies for tapping into what is known about how adults learn, and presents the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, College Students, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Developmentally Appropriate Practice in the Assessment and Intervention of Children's Peer Relations.
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Guralnick, Michael J. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1993
This article discusses assessment and intervention efforts for young children with disabilities, based on an approach to children's peer-related social competence which stresses developmentally appropriate practices. Application of the model to children with Down's syndrome illustrates the model's appropriateness to the special needs of children…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disabilities
Clarifying the Developmental Perspective in Response to Carta, Schwartz, Atwater, and McConnell.
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Johnson, James E.; Johnson, Karen McChesney – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1992
This reaction paper offers evidence for the effectiveness of nondirective instructional models with special needs young children. The construct of "developmentally appropriate practice" is viewed as a working hypothesis and as a continuous variable, not a dichotomous variable. Relationships between early childhood education and early childhood…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Continuity, Developmental Programs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices