Changes--How Our Nursery School Replaced Adult-Directed Art Projects with Child-Directed Experiences and Changed to an Accredited, Child-Sensitive, Developmentally Appropriate School.

Swanson, Lou

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Publication Date: 1994

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Changes--How Our Nursery School Replaced Adult-Directed Art Projects with Child-Directed Experiences and Changed to an Accredited, Child-Sensitive, Developmentally Appropriate School.

Swanson, Lou

Young Children, v49 n4 p69-73 May 1994

Describes the changes that took place at a private nursery school when it decided to replace teacher-directed art activities, an early emphasis on academic skills, and other developmentally inappropriate activities with student-centered and student-directed art and play activities that are more developmentally appropriate. (MDM)

Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Art Activities, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Change, Nursery Schools, Preschool Education, Student Centered Curriculum, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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