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Ewert-Krocker, Laurie – NAMTA Journal, 2015
Laurie Ewert-Krocker emphasizes the teacher's role in nature's prepared environment. Without directing or controlling the child's work, learning spaces can be maximized for concentration by connecting the adolescent's intrinsic learning to the beauty and order of the natural world. The most artful balance is the global understanding of the…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Montessori Method, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Adolescents
Soto, Lourdes Diaz; And Others – 1988
A study was designed to develop a comprehensive approach to observing teaching in early childhood settings. A systematic method of observing developmentally appropriate and inappropriate behaviors was sought. The result was a comprehensive model based on Gordon's (1968) conceptualization of instruction. The model proposes that presage variables,…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods
Hyun, Eunsook – 2001
In 1995, a nationwide collaborative research-net was formed to articulate practically an early childhood education (ECE) teacher preparation curriculum framework based on developmentally and culturally appropriate practices (DCAP). This paper presents and discusses findings of the 5-year study involving teacher educators from California, Florida,…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Higher Education
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Carr, Margaret; May, Helen – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1993
Reflects on the process of developing national curriculum guidelines for early childhood based on New Zealand's experience. Discusses how development involved complex interactions between the nature of early childhood in New Zealand and its history (setting), the opinions, ideas, and practice of current practitioners (consultation), and decisions…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Hyun, Eunsook – 1998
This paper describes the theoretical underpinnings of a nationwide collaborative research project to develop an early childhood teacher preparation model for developmentally and culturally appropriate practice (DCAP). It notes that this model allows prospective teachers to identify their own cultural and ethnic backgrounds and to understand…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Higher Education
Hyun, Eunsook; Smrekar, Jocelynn; DiPento, Saundra; Matthews, Celeste – 1999
Universities in Florida, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota have been collaborating in an effort to implement a pedagogical model for early childhood teacher education that helps prospective teachers identify their own cultural and ethnic backgrounds and to understand cultural diversity while helping them learn to be sensitive to the cultural…
Descriptors: College Students, Culturally Relevant Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Khemmani, Tisana; And Others – 1995
To develop innovative, developmentally appropriate models of child rearing in Thailand, several studies examined Thai child-rearing practices, principles which should be used in early child rearing, and models and strategies which could be used in child rearing in this cultural setting. Six different studies were conducted, using a variety of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Children, Cultural Awareness