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Direct linkBeneke, Sallee; Ostrosky, Michaelene M.; Katz, Lilian G. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2019
A proven and popular teaching method, the Project Approach engages the natural curiosity of children through in-depth investigations of topics that capture their interest. Now there's a guidebook that helps you use this child-centered approach to reach and teach all learners in your early childhood classroom--regardless of background or ability.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Projects, Student Centered Learning, Inclusion
Katz, Lilian G. – Learning, 1972
This article differentiates between sustained productive learning and short term enthusiasm in learning. (BB)
Descriptors: Learning, Learning Activities, Learning Plateaus, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedKatz, Lilian G. – International Schools Journal, 1995
Outlines a developmental approach to pedagogy for young children. Basically, a developmental approach takes into account those aspects of learning that change with the learner's age and experience. Development is a primary criterion by which to judge appropriateness. A developmental approach considers knowledge, skills, dispositions, and feelings.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Criteria, Developmental Programs, Early Childhood Education
Download full textKatz, Lilian G.; And Others – 1983
Much can be gained by providing preschool children opportunities to work on projects. Projects invite children's participation at various developmental levels; strengthen their capacity and disposition for involvement in work requiring sustained effort; and are ideal for mixed age, ability, or linguistic groups. Teachers have a central role to…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Class Activities, Instructional Development, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedKatz, Lilian G. – Child Study Journal, 1970
Discusses goals of early education, and the qualities of programs, teachers and administration which would help to implement these goals. (NH)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Administration, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
Katz, Lilian G. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1990
Premature academic instruction may undermine a child's learning tendencies or dispositions. Informal small-group interaction can strengthen dispositions and set the context for acquisition of knowledge, skills, and feelings. Teachers should focus on learning goals rather than performance goals. (SH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Experiential Learning
Peer reviewedKatz, Lilian G. – Young Children, 1993
Recent classroom emphasis on boosting self-esteem by encouraging self-congratulation and appealing to children's consumer instincts is misguided. Many of the self-oriented activities prompt responses of the form "what I like" rather than "what I want to know." Children's self-esteem is fostered not by empty compliments but by…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Self Concept, Self Esteem
Katz, Lilian G. – 1993
The purpose of this essay is to present some principles, assumptions, and techniques that might be useful for inservice teacher educators or prospective teachers. Teacher educators should try first of all to focus on teachers' understandings of situations in order to help make those understandings more appropriate, more accurate, deeper, and more…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials, Teacher Education
Katz, Lilian G. – 1993
The purpose of this digest is to examine the meaning of the term "disposition" and to suggest the implications of dispositions for educational practice. A disposition is a tendency to exhibit frequently, consciously, and voluntarily a pattern of behavior that is directed to a broad goal. Dispositional considerations are important…
Descriptors: Children, Curriculum Development, Definitions, Early Childhood Education
Katz, Lilian G. – 1973
It is asserted that under the influence of curriculum developers, R&D disseminators, and general cultural influences, teachers of young children perceive that part of their role is to keep their children excited (high level of responsiveness) or "turned on." This perception leads to (1) child dependence on and expectation of adult-induced…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Theories, Learning Activities, Responses
Peer reviewedKatz, Lilian G. – Educational Forum, 1973
Discusses the power of early childhood education to overcome longstanding social, psychological, and economic problems. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Design, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedKatz, Lilian G. – Young Children, 1977
Discusses challenges to early childhood educators in terms of four principles: (1) congruity, (2) knowing the learner's understanding of what is to be learned, (3) timing, and (4) sociointellectual ambience. (BE/JH)
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Interpersonal Competence
Katz, Lilian G. – 1993
The purpose of this essay is to explore contemporary early childhood educational practices related to self-esteem and to distinguish self-esteem from narcissism. After discussing practices and materials that are intended to foster self-esteem but may contribute to self-preoccupation, the essay examines some of the distinctions between self-esteem…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childhood Attitudes, Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives
Katz, Lilian G. – 1986
Summarized are implications of recent research on children's development and learning for the curriculum in early childhood programs. Contents focus on the development of language, dispositions, social competence, and intellect. Taken together, the research suggests that children attending preschool and kindergarten classes should frequently be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Emotional Development, Individual Development, Interpersonal Competence
Helm, Judy Harris; Katz, Lilian G. – 2001
Unlike teacher directed experiences that often do not provide children opportunities to take initiative and responsibility for the work undertaken, the project approach allows in-depth investigation of a topic worth learning more about. Projects are undertaken by a child, a small group of children within a class, or sometimes by the whole class,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Documentation, Early Childhood Education
