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Quennerstedt, Ann – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2016
This paper explores ways in which human rights become part of and affect young children's everyday practices in early childhood education and, more particularly, how very young children enact human rights in the preschool setting. The study is conducted in a Swedish preschool through observations of the everyday practices of a group of children…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Civil Rights, Observation, Toddlers
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Paley, Vivian Gussin – Harvard Educational Review, 2011
In this "Voices Inside Schools" essay, Vivian Gussin Paley brings us into Derek's kindergarten classroom using her characteristic style of listening and recounting from the child's perspective. With delicacy and insight, she reveals the small but significant moments that occur alongside the planned curriculum to illustrate how children author…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Classroom Environment
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Chang, Chih-Ying; Austin, Ann M. Berghout; Piercy, Kathleen W. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2006
Six children (5 boys, 1 girl; aged 36-60 months) participated in this qualitative study. Each child was enrolled in a different family child care facility. The authors rated the child care providers in 3 of the facilities as using developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) most of the time and rated the providers in the 3 other facilities as…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Child Care, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Child Care Centers