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Getting on the Same Page: Identifying Goals for Technology Use in Early Childhood Education. Policy Brief
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Daugherty, Lindsay; Dossani, Rafiq; Johnson, Erin-Elizabeth; Wright, Cameron – RAND Corporation, 2014
Technology use among young children is increasingly a fact of life, and establishing a clear set of goals that are broadly accepted by stakeholders is critical to planning for the successful integration of technology into early childhood education (ECE). However, debates about the role of technology in ECE settings are ongoing, with some…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Early Childhood Education, Technology Integration
Developmentally Appropriate Gardening for Young Children.
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Stoecklin, Vicki L. – 2001
Noting that the recent interest in gardening with young children has resulted in a variety of programs but little support to teachers or horticulturists on how to understand the developmental needs of children and how to adapt gardening activities to those needs, this paper presents principles and goals of developmentally appropriate gardening.…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Cognitive Style, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
A Developmental Approach to the Education of Young Children: Basic Principles = Pedagogika Obrazovania Detei Doshkolnovo Vozrasta. Osnovanaya Na Intelektualno-Sotsialnom Razvitayia Detei.
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Katz, Lilian G. – 1994
Noting that there are many criteria by which to determine whether pedagogical practices are appropriate for young children, this paper outlines a developmental approach to pedagogy for young children. Twenty-three principles of practice are outlined. The main suggestions are that a developmental approach is one that takes into account those…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Developmental Stages, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
From Our President. Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies, and Healthy Environments: Our Goal One for Young Children.
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Hostetler, Lana – Young Children, 1991
Discusses ways for early childhood professionals to meet the objectives contained in the first of the National Education Goals for the Year 2000: the goal concerning readiness for school. (BB)
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Advocacy, Child Health, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Preparing Young Children for Success: Guideposts for Achieving Our First National Goal. An America 2000 Education Strategy.
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Department of Education, Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation. – 1991
This paper discusses major issues having to do with definition of terms and implementation strategies implicit in the first national education goal, which states: "By the year 2000, all children in America will start school ready to learn." The principles articulated in the paper by a collaboration of agencies and the private sector are…
Descriptors: Child Health, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives
Reaching Potentials: Appropriate Curriculum and Assessment for Young Children. Volume 1.
Bredekamp, Sue, Ed.; Rosegrant, Teresa, Ed. – 1992
The purpose of this book is to operationalize--that is, make meaningful--the Guidelines for Appropriate Curriculum Content and Assessment, developed jointly by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education (NAESC/SDE) in 1991. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Child Development, Cultural Awareness