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Peer reviewedMoyer, Joan – Childhood Education, 2001
Defines the position of the Association for Childhood Education International on the role of kindergarten in a child's development. Provides specific information on the purpose of kindergarten, program goals, program content, program implementation, role of play, appropriate physical environment, textbook and material selection, kindergarten…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Design, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedLeung, Wai Man – Childhood Education, 2003
Describes the enthusiastic support of parents and early childhood educators for including computer activities in programs for young children in Hong Kong. Describes the current status of computer environments in Hong Kong kindergartens, noting the lack of curriculum guidelines for integrating computers into classrooms, the lack of resources to…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedCassidy, Deborah J.; Mims, Sharon; Rucker, Lia; Boone, Sheresa – Childhood Education, 2003
Describes the curriculum activities in one child-centered, developmentally appropriate child care facility preschool classroom. Explains how activities are selected according to children's needs, interest, and ability, and how activities address the kindergarten core competencies mandated by the North Carolina public school system. Asserts that…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Environment, Kindergarten, Play
Peer reviewedMaxim, George W. – Childhood Education, 2003
Uses the example of a fourth-grade class working to have the firefly declared as Pennsylvania's state insect to highlight the effectiveness of dynamic social studies in elementary school. Discusses how dynamic social studies maintains a balance between seriousness and fun by offering a blend of variety, active involvement, and excitement while…
Descriptors: Civics, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedBarclay, Kathy; Benelli, Cecelia – Childhood Education, 1994
Examines three early childhood gifted programs at the University of Illinois: (1) University Primary School, which uses an interest-based curriculum; (2) Retrieval and Acceleration of Promising Handicapped Talented, with a teacher-determined curriculum; and (3) Bringing Out Head Start Talents, serving children from lower class families in a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Evaluation, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedCesarone, Bernard – Childhood Education, 2003
Summarizes recent ERIC documents and journal articles, and highlights some World Wide Web resources that describe, evaluate, or compare various curricula or instructional methods, such as Creative Curriculum, High/Scope, the Montessori Method, Waldorf Schools, and Direct Instruction. (Author)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis, Constructivism (Learning), Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Peer reviewedGlover, Mary Kenner – Childhood Education, 1990
Presents an account of the project approach used by American first graders to study Japan. (BB)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary School Students
