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Direct linkPreston, Christine – Teaching Science, 2018
This paper outlines a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) learning experience for children in the early years of school. It builds on STEM education in early childhood with a shared purpose, "to help children to explore and make sense of their world using childrelevant and appropriate contexts" (Preston, 2018 p. 137).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Learning Experience, Early Childhood Education
Download full textGoffin, Stacie G. – 2000
The term curriculum model refers to a conceptual framework and organizational structure for decision making about educational priorities, administrative policies, instructional methods, and evaluation criteria. This digest discusses the role of curriculum models in early childhood education. Following a discussion of the origin of early childhood…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Peer reviewedCarr, 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
Peer reviewedHujala, Eeva – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2002
Outlines a model for a contextual approach to preschool curriculum, considering its three main constructs: a child-centered approach, recognition of the interactions within the child's environment, and the provision of an active growth environment. Describes the influence of the child's social context, comprised of parents and teachers, on early…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Theories, Environmental Influences
Picard, Cecil J. – 2003
As part of Louisiana's efforts to expand and improve the quality of its early childhood programs, a committee of educators from across the state collaborated to develop standards for programs serving 4-year-olds. This guide presents program standards to assist the ongoing development, evaluation, and improvement of early childhood center-based…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Behavior Standards, Child Care Centers, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Peer reviewedSchweinhart, Lawrence J.; Weikart, David P. – Educational Leadership, 1998
Assesses effectiveness of three preschool curriculum models by examining the lives of 68 23-year-olds randomly assigned to one such group as economically disadvantaged preschoolers. Young people experienced fewer emotional problems and felony arrests if they had attended a preschool program based on child-initiated learning activities geared to…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Economically Disadvantaged, Emotional Problems
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
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; Rothenberg, Dianne, Ed.; Preece, Laurel – Early Childhood Research & Practice: An Internet Journal on the Development, Care, and Education of Young Children, 2003, 2003
Early Childhood Research and Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed Internet-only journal sponsored by the Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. The journal emphasizes articles…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Venn, Elizabeth Claire; Jahn, Monica Dacy – 2004
This book presents a preschool framework that integrates literacy activities into content area lessons while embedding instruction within adult-child social interactions and realistic, playful activities tailored to each child's individual needs. Chapter 1 of the book delineates the theory and rationale behind the framework, and outlines essential…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Quality
