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Brian L. Wright; Susan Friedman; Sue Bredekamp – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2024
The NAEYC DAP position statement and book are widely used as guides for implementing equitable early learning in settings serving children birth through age 8. Building on the spirit of Sankofa, which in translation from the Akan expresses, 'It is not taboo to go back and fetch what you forgot,' this article documents the revision process for the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Culturally Relevant Education, Policy Analysis
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Whitehead, David – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2008
Criteria for the design and selection of literacy and thinking tools that allow educators to justify what they do are described within a wider framework of learning theory and research into best practice. Based on a meta-analysis of best practice, results from a three year project designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a secondary school…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Literacy Education
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Swim, Terri Jo – Teacher Education and Practice, 2007
This investigation examined how documenting preservice teachers' work during engaging, authentic classroom experiences influenced their understanding of developmentally appropriate practices (DAP). A pragmatic action research design was used to systematically plan, document, and reflect on learning experiences to evaluate the impact of such…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Preservice Teachers, Action Research, Developmentally Appropriate Practices