Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Focus on Preschoolers (Developmentally Appropriate Practice Focus Series) - Softcover

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9781928896968: Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Focus on Preschoolers (Developmentally Appropriate Practice Focus Series)

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ISBN 10: 1928896960 ISBN 13: 9781928896968

Publisher: National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2013

Teachers of preschoolers can use this resource to learn about developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) so they can apply DAP in their work with preschoolers. Filled with information, practical ideas, and inspiration, this is a book that every preschool teacher will want!

Chapters include:

What Is Developmentally Appropriate Practice?
Key messages of NAEYC’s position statement
To Be an Excellent Teacher
Connecting DAP to excellent teaching
An Overview of Developmentally Appropriate Practice in the Preschool Years
Overview of preschoolers’ learning and development
Developmentally Appropriate Examples to Consider
Examples of key DAP practices, as well as contrasting practices that are less likely to serve children well
FAQs About Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Responses to common questions
Young Children Articles

Seven articles from Young Children that provide examples of applying developmentally appropriate practice when working with preschoolers.

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About the Author:

Carol Copple is a highly respected early childhood education author, educator, and consultant. For 16 years she served as a senior staff member at NAEYC, and her responsibilities included directing the books program. She has taught at Louisiana State University and the New School for Social Research, and she codeveloped and directed a research-based model for preschool education at the Educational Testing Service. With Sue Bredekamp, Carol is coeditor of Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs (1997; 2009). Among her other books are Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children (NAEYC); Growing Minds: Building Strong Cognitive Foundations in Early Childhood (NAEYC); and Educating the Young Thinker: Classroom Strategies for Cognitive Growth (Lawrence Erlbaum). She received her doctorate from Cornell University. Sue Bredekamp is an early childhood education specialist from Washington, DC. She serves as a consultant on developmentally appropriate practice, curriculum, teaching, and professional development for many state and national organizations, including NAEYC, the Council for Professional Recognition, Head Start, and Sesame Workshop. From 1981 to 1998, she was director of accreditation and professional development for NAEYC. Sue is the primary author of the 1987 edition of Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs, and coeditor (with Carol Copple) of the 1997 and 2009 revisions. She is the author of the introductory textbook Effective Practices in Early Childhood Education: Building a Foundation, 2nd Edition (Pearson). Sue was a member of the National Research Council's Committee on Early Childhood Mathematics, and she holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction from the University of Maryland. Derry Koralek, chief publishing officer of NAEYC, oversees the development of all print and digital publishing, including books, brochures, periodicals, professional development guides, posters, and websites for educators and families. Derry is editor in chief of Young Children and TYC--Teaching Young Children. Kathy Charner is editor in chief of NAEYC's Books and Related Resources department, with responsibility for the content, management, publication, and general excellence of the books and brochures published by NAEYC. Before joining NAEYC, Kathy was editor in chief at Gryphon House for more than 20 years.

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