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Holder-Brown, Loreta; Parette, Howard P. Jr. – Young Children, 1992
Discusses some of the ethical concerns that early childhood professionals should consider when identifying or adapting assistive technologies for young children with such disabilities as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, visual impairments, and hearing impairments. (BB)
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Civil Liberties, Day Care, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Mitchell, Anne L. – Young Children, 1993
Advocates the implementation of the same developmentally appropriate principles and practices that govern good preschool programs in elementary school programs as well. These practices involve understanding children and their levels of development, working with the whole child, fostering integrated learning, and encouraging parent participation.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Change, Educational Practices
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Kessler, Shirley A. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1991
Examines developmentally appropriate versus inappropriate practices in terms of curriculum studies. Discusses problems with the justification of child-centered practices based on developmental theory; philosophical, historical, and political dimensions of a curriculum based on appropriate practices; and an alternative model based on early…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Child Development, Curriculum Development, Democratic Values
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Mu, Keli; Royeen, Charlotte – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2004
School-based occupational therapy is the largest employer of occupational therapists. School-based occupational therapists work extensively with students with severe disabilities. Over the past decade, one significant change in the field of severe disabilities has been the advocacy of best practices. This paper discusses the implications of best…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Personnel, School Personnel, Severe Disabilities
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Rivera, Hector; Galarza, Sheri Lyn; Entz, Susan; Tharp, Roland G. – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2002
Technology can facilitate a pedagogy-based on neo-Vygotskian sociocultural theory, and on developmentally appropriate instruction. This article reviews the basic principles of such a pedagogy, and then presents a detailed case study of one day's instruction in a preschool classroom, that is richly infused with a system employing digital…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Social Theories
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1995
This report describes the final status of classroom practice in Texas prekindergarten programs in comparison to initial study findings and findings from a self-study component implemented in 1993 with prekindergarten staffs participating in the study. Findings from the longitudinal component indicated positive trends in academic performance for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Grade Repetition, Limited English Speaking
Talbot, Gilles L. – 1996
With a view to understanding developmental education, this project studied 100 college students at Champlain-Saint Lawrence College (Quebec) to measure their motivations and perceptions of ability and to see how different types of students responded to assistance. Students with a learning orientation (LO), who viewed ability as derived principally…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, College Students
Fleer, Marilyn – 1996
This paper outlines a range of ways that technology education can be incorporated into existing curricula without compromising those programs, the technological skills and knowledge advocated in the 1994 technology statement of the Curriculum Corporation of Australia, or the children and teachers themselves. A case study of a year-two teacher is…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Environment
Spencer, Keith; And Others – 1994
The goals of this curriculum resource guide are to: (1) explore subject integration at the primary level through the reflective experiences of educators; (2) provide visual and verbal activities that enhance student learning; (3) provide a forum for educators to present their instructional experiences through the theme across the curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Integrated Activities
Mueller, Daniel P. – 1997
A goal of the St. Paul (Minnesota) Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Project is to promote the implementation of developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) in kindergarten through third-grade classrooms through teacher training and the provision of related materials. This project is 1 of 31 sites participating in a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Demonstration Programs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Daniel, Tabitha Carwile; Terry, Kay W. – 1995
This guidebook integrates basic strategies for developing a multiage-classroom design. The book begins by describing developmentally appropriate practice (DAP), which is based on a curriculum and an instructional-delivery methodology that address the physical, social, intellectual, emotional, and aesthetic needs of young students. Students are…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Age Groups, Classroom Techniques, Cross Age Teaching
Melsa, Katherine S. – 1992
In a study of the attitudes of early childhood professionals, 63 preschool teachers of children ages 3 through 5 and 20 preschool center directors in Naperville, Illinois were surveyed. Statements in the survey were developed using the guidelines from the National Association for the Education of Young Children concerning developmentally…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Anxiety, Classroom Environment
Gaffuri, Ann – 1992
An effort was made to expand parents' comprehension of developmentally appropriate programs through increased understanding of teacher observation in the early childhood classroom and teacher anecdotal reporting in family conferences. Corollary aims were to increase knowledge of children's learning styles to enable better school choices, and to…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Style, Decision Making, Developmental Programs
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1994
A study evaluated the Early Childhood Resources Teacher Training Project (TTP). The purpose of the TTP is to train preschool and early primary grade teachers in developmentally appropriate practices. The evaluation sought to: (1) determine the extent to which teachers undergoing training were able to understand and implement the content of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Behavior, Child Development, Classroom Techniques
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1991
This technical assistance paper focuses on enhancing teachers' ability to match their expectations with children's existing or emerging capabilities and to facilitate children's development of inner control. Encouraging teachers to adopt a humanistic approach, which promotes opportunities for children to learn and become self-directed, is…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques
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