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Land, Nicole; Vintimilla, Cristina Delgado; Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica; Angus, Lucille – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2022
The authors propose decentering the child as a critical motion in the education of pedagogists who work to refuse developmental pedagogies in early childhood education. Tracing how child-centered developmental practices are obstacles for deeper ethical and intellectual work and reiterate anthropocentric relationalities, they offer two propositions…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods, Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Pyle, Angela; Bigelow, Ashley – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2015
The benefits of play to children's development and academic learning are often discussed in the research. However, inconsistencies in definitions of play and differing perspectives concerning the purpose of play in educational settings make it challenging for teachers to determine how to productively integrate play-based pedagogies into their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Child Development, Academic Standards
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DeLuca, Christopher; Ogden, Holly; Pero, Elizabeth – New Educator, 2015
The majority of teacher education programs in North America require elementary-teacher candidates to complete separate courses in curriculum subject areas. This model to teacher education limits candidates' readiness to engage in interdisciplinary teaching and focuses preservice curriculum on content-specific pedagogies rather than on general,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Integrated Curriculum, Elementary School Curriculum, Concept Formation
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Ritch, Stephen W.; Mengel, Thomas – Journal of Leadership Education, 2009
Appropriate design and redesign of programs, responses to accreditation agencies, and internal academic legitimacy concerns are critical challenges in education in general and in leadership education in particular. "Guiding Questions: Guidelines for Leadership Education Programs (Guiding Questions)," a member initiated project sponsored…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Administrator Education, Leadership Training, Context Effect
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
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Wien, Carol Anne – Canadian Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 1997
Examines how the forms used by teachers to document planning and assess children's progress affect three child care center teachers' practice and expectations for young children. Narratives are constructed using qualitative methods to show how requirements for documentation may lead teachers to override goals of developmentally appropriate…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries
Kaminsky, Judith Allen, Ed.; Gandini, Lella, Ed. – Innovations in Early Education: The International Reggio Exchange, 2002., 2002
This document is comprised of four issues of a quarterly publication presenting information related to the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education. Regularly appearing features of the publication include a calendar of Reggio conferences; information on the Reggio Children organization, contacts, exhibit schedule, and study tours; and a…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Documentation, Early Childhood Education