ED391598 PS023921
Title: Reaching Potentials: Transforming Early Childhood Curriculum
and Assessment. Volume 2.
Author(s): Bredekamp, Sue, Ed.; Rosegrant, Teresa, Ed.
Author Affiliation: National Association for the Education of Young
Children, Washington, DC.(FGK56164)
Pages: 186
Publication Date: 1995
Notes: For Volume 1, see ED 352 160.
Report No: NAEYC-227
ISBN: 0-935989-73-0
Available from: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from
EDRS.
Availability: National Association for the Education of Young Children,
1509 16th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036-1426 (NAEYC Order No.
227).
Language: English
Document Type: Collected works--General (020); Guides--Non-classroom
(055)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEJUN1996
This book
builds on Volume 1 of "Reaching Potentials," which attempted
to operationalize the "Guidelines for Appropriate Curriculum
Content and Assessment" set by the National Association for
the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Association
of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education
(NAECS/SDE). Volume 2 elaborates on the guidelines, including describing
what content is of most worth, what content goals are accepted by
educators and have the greatest intellectual integrity, what content
goals are the most reasonable and attainable. This volume's purpose
is to describe curriculum content by subject matter, focusing on
ages 3-8. Each chapter takes current views of curriculum content
exemplified in national standards and places them in developmental
perspective. For each content area various perspectives regarding
curriculum planning are covered. Emphasis is given to conveying
important knowledge specific to a discipline and to considering
how and when children develop and learn. The chapters are the following:
(1) "Introduction" (Sue Bredekamp; Teresa Rosegrant);
(2) "Reaching Potentials Through National Standards: Panacea
or Pipe Dream?" (Sue Bredekamp; Teresa Rosegrant); (3) "Reaching
Potentials Through Transforming Curriculum, Assessment, and Teaching"
(Sue Bredekamp; Teresa Rosegrant); (4) "Transforming Mathematics
Curriculum" (Kathy Richardson; Leslie Salkeld); (5) "Transforming
Science Curriculum" (Sally J. Kilmer; Helenmarie Hofman); (6)
"Transforming Health Curriculum" (Charlotte Hendricks;
Connie Jo Smith); (7) "Transforming Curriculum in the Visual
Arts" (Christine Marme Thompson); (8) "Transforming Curriculum
in Music" (Barbara Andress); (9) "Transforming Curriculum
in Social Studies" (Carol Seefeldt); (10) "Transforming
Physical Education Curriculum" (David L. Gallahue); (11) "Transforming
Curriculum in Language and Literacy" (Kathryn F. Whitmore;
Yetta Goodman); and (12) "Transforming Curriculum Organization"
(Sue Bredekamp; Teresa Rosegrant). (BGC)
Descriptors: *Academic Standards; Art Education; *Course Content;
*Curriculum Development; Curriculum Evaluation; Curriculum Research;
Early Childhood Education; Educational Objectives; Educational Quality;
English Curriculum; Geography; Health Education; Integrated Curriculum;
Language Arts; Literacy Education; Mathematics Curriculum; Music
Education; National Curriculum; Physical Education; Science Curriculum;
Social Studies; Teacher Role; Visual Arts
Identifiers: National Association Educ of Young Children; National
Council of Teachers of English; National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics; National Education Goals Panel; National Standards
