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Download full textKaras, Elizabeth A. – 1993
This practicum was designed to help principals who supervise school district prekindergarten classes become more knowledgeable about developmentally appropriate educational practices by using the Head Start On-Site Program Review Instrument (OSPRI). Inservice training was designed and presented in three segments and included an independent…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Federal Regulation, Inservice Education
Crowther, Ingrid C. – 1989
A teaching master at a community college in Central Ontario implemented a practicum designed to increase the rate of child-directed activities in early childhood education programs. The primary goal was to increase awareness of early childhood educators, parents, and board members regarding the benefits of child-directed activities at early…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
Blazier, R. Elaine – 1988
The director of a proprietary child care center implemented a practicum designed to train child caregivers in child development and developmentally appropriate practices. The practicum consisted of three evening workshops and used supplementary reading materials, discussion groups, classroom observations, and individual conferences. After…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Dennison, Martha Jo S. – 1994
This practicum sought to provide a model for a local affiliate of the Girl Scouts of the USA, offering a developmentally appropriate curriculum for inner-city kindergarten-age girls at a community recreation center. A hands-on training program was developed and implemented with a group of community volunteers. Program activities were designed to…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Community Centers, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Rogers, Marilyn R. – 1993
A practicum project implemented a developmentally appropriate intervention to increase school success for at-risk children in kindergarten through grade 3. Two corollary aims of the project were to determine the causes of at-risk status before retention or school failure occurs, and to involve parents in their children's educational process. An…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, High Risk Students
Kirshenbaum, Karen – 1999
This practicum was developed to increase the quality of child care offered by family daycare providers on a military base in the western United States. Providers were to improve their developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) by following a daily activity schedule, setting up enriched home environments, writing and implementing curricula, and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Neitzey, Sharon C. – 1992
In response to parents' expressed need for appropriate academic strategies to be used at home with their kindergarten children, a series of parent workshops were designed to explain the philosophy of developmentally appropriate practices with children and to train parents to select activities that followed the philosophy. Participating parents…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Strategies, Kindergarten
Kroehl, Candace Olin – 1995
This practicum identified the problem of inconsistent use of developmentally appropriate practices by staff in an early childhood center and implemented an inservice program to increase the use of activities based on individual appropriateness rather than on age alone. The solution strategy utilized a self-assessment survey of classroom practices…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Day Care Centers, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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
Kirshenbaum, Karen – 2000
Noting that many early childhood practitioners have difficulty understanding and articulating how developmentally appropriate practices in their programs contribute to students' kindergarten readiness, this report details the implementation and evaluation of practicum experiences designed to improve preschool teachers' developmentally appropriate…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Day Care
