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Bowman, Barbara T. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1989
A developmentally appropriate curriculum can never be standardized in a multicultural community. Thoughtful teachers can use child development principles to make the new context of school meaningful, to attach new kinds of learning to what children have already achieved, and to safeguard children's growing self-image and self-confidence as their…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Developmental Programs, Early Childhood Education
