An Alternative View of Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Education.

Fowell, Nancy; Lawton, Joseph

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Publication Date: 1992

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An Alternative View of Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Education.

Fowell, Nancy; Lawton, Joseph

Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v7 n1 p53-73 Mar 1992

Presents a view of developmentally appropriate practice that differs from that of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). A program that incorporates this view is described in terms of its theoretical perspectives and classroom practices and compared to the NAEYC description of appropriate and inappropriate practice. (GLR)

Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Educational Theories, Kindergarten, Piagetian Theory, Preschool Curriculum, Program Descriptions, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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