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ED391576 PS023675
Title: Reconsidering Children's Early Development and Learning: Toward Common Views and Vocabulary. 95-03.
Author(s): Kagan, Sharon Lynn, Ed.; And Others
Author Affiliation: National Education Goals Panel, Washington, DC.(BBB28482)
Pages: 65
Publication Date: June 1995
Notes: Goal 1 Technical Planning Group.
ISBN: 0-16-048151-1
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.
Availability: U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-9328.
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Descriptive (141)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEJUN1996
In 1990, the
National Education Goals were established by the President and the
50 state governors. Great attention has been given to Goal 1, dubbed
the "readiness" goal: By the year 2000, all children in
America will start school ready to learn. The Goal 1 Resource Technical
Planning Groups were asked to suggest ways in which Goal 1 could
be measured. The purpose of this document is to further amplify
the dimensions of early learning and development used by the National
Educational Goals Panel to measure progress toward Goal 1. The following
five dimensions are discussed: (1) "Physical Well-Being and
Motor Development"; (2) "Social and Emotional Development,"
serving as the foundation for relationships which give meaning to
school experience; (3) "Approaches toward Learning," referring
to the inclinations, dispositions, or styles that reflect ways children
become involved with learning; (4) "Language Development";
and (5) "Cognition and General Knowledge." For each of
the dimensions, a rationale; general definition; the relationship
to individual, cultural, and contextual variation; and a summary
are given. The report concludes with a discussion of underlying
issues, implications, and action steps. (Contains 83 references.)
(BGC)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education; Educational Assessment;
*Educational Improvement; *Educational Objectives; Emotional Development;
Language Acquisition; Motor Development; Physical Development; *School
Readiness; Social Development
Identifiers: Goal Analysis; Goals 2000; Kamii (Constance); *National
Education Goals Panel; *National Education Goals 1990; Piaget (Jean)
