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EJ431699 PS518748
Title: Alternative Perspectives on Early Childhood Education.Author(s): Kessler, Shirley A.
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v6 n2 p183-97 Jun 1991
Publication Date: 1991
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement: CIJJAN1992
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 childhood education as a
means of schooling for democracy. (Author/GR)
Descriptors: Behaviorism; Child Development; *Curriculum Development;
*Democratic Values; Developmental Psychology; *Developmental Stages;
*Early Childhood Education; Educational Psychology; *Educational
Theories; Kindergarten; Piagetian Theory; Student Centered Curriculum;
Teacher Role
Identifiers: Child Centered Education; Descriptive Curriculum Theory;
*Developmentally Appropriate Programs; Dewey (John); *National Association
Educ of Young Children; Prescriptive Curriculum Theory; Tyler (Ralph
W); Tylers Model
