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Kendall, Frances E. – 1996
Early childhood education faces theoretical dilemmas as it reexamines the role of culture in the development of children and struggles to define what "developmentally appropriate" means and for whom. Teachers and other caregivers are working to integrate an anti-bias, multicultural approach into the overall curriculum and everyday…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Activities
Download full textNew York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Research. – 1993
Kindergarten Plus, a program for disabled and non-disabled kindergarten students in an integrated classroom setting, was implemented in 5 New York City classrooms serving 99 kindergartners. The program's implementation and student outcomes were evaluated at the end of the first year. Classroom observation and staff interviews revealed that the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disabilities, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedCesarone, Bernard – Childhood Education, 1998
Annotates selected ERIC documents and journal articles discussing issues related to developmentally appropriate practice (DAP). Topics include DAP in early childhood and elementary settings and regular and special education, the current debate regarding DAP and multicultural education, student evaluation, teachers' and parents' beliefs regarding…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Wunschel, Gerda – 2003
This working paper describes the development of a child care center in Berlin, Germany, focusing on how the program's pedagogical principles support children's learning, how respect for diversity is integrated in everyday practice, and how program quality and accessibility are defined within a multicultural context. Chapter 1 describes the…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Care Centers, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
Sweigman, Lou – 1994
A training program was implemented for teachers to increase the quality and quantity of developmentally appropriate multicultural education for 2-year-olds at a child care center in which the children and teachers were predominantly Euro-American. The 10-week training program used readings, videos, discussions, and guided imagery to: (1) raise…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Child Caregivers, Classroom Environment, Cultural Awareness
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 2000
In 1999, a task force was appointed to develop early childhood education (ECE) program expectations or standards for New Jersey's ECE programs. The standards were based on the task force's review of research, curricula, standards, and guidelines developed by local boards of education, other states, and professional organizations; feedback on draft…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Classroom Environment, Creative Art, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
