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ED395707 PS024313
Title: Models of Early Childhood Education.
Author(s): Epstein, Ann S.; And Others
Author Affiliation: High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, Ypsilanti, MI.(BBB04423)
Pages: 269
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0-929816-95-1
Available from: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: High/Scope Press, 600 North River Street, Ypsilanti, MI 48198-2898.
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Reports--Evaluative (142); Reports--Research (143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Michigan
Journal Announcement: RIEOCT1996
Inspired by
the High/Scope educational approach, this book attempts to systematically
and objectively compare different curriculum-based approaches to
training early childhood teachers, and to assess how these models
could individually and collectively address the problem of improving
early childhood program quality nationwide. An analytical and an
empirical study were carried out to compare approaches including
the Montessori Method, the Bank Street Developmental-Interaction
approach, the High/Scope Curriculum, the Kamii-DeVries constructivist
perspective, Teaching Strategies' Creative Curriculum, and the Direct
Instruction model. In the analytical study, a set of criteria were
identified to examine and compare the practices and effects of such
models. In the empirical study, the prevalence of various curriculum
models were assessed through the use of questionnaires. A summary
and comparison of these six curriculum-based training models, including
a list of questions in cross-model comparison, is presented and
discussed in relation to their development. The implications for
teaching and training, research and development, and public policy
are discussed in the last chapter. Contains 208 references. (MOK)
Descriptors: *Comparative Analysis; *Curriculum Based Assessment;
Curriculum Development; *Early Childhood Education; Educational
Policy; Educational Quality; Educational Theories; Experiential
Learning; Models; Teacher Education; *Teaching Methods
Identifiers: Analytical Methods; Curriculum Theories; Empirical
Research
