EJ547962 PS526718
Title: What Have We Learned about Developmentally Appropriate Practice?
Research in Review.Author(s): Dunn, Loraine; Kontos, Susan
Source: Young Children, v52 n5 p4-13 Jul 1997
Publication Date: 1997
ISSN: 0044-0728
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080)
Journal Announcement: CIJDEC1997
Reviews research
on three issues related to the first edition of the developmentally
appropriate practice (DAP) guidelines of the National Association
for the Education of Young Children: (1) the prevalence of DAP;
(2) teachers and parents beliefs about DAP and influence of beliefs
on practice; and (3) how appropriate and inappropriate practice
influence children's social-emotional and cognitive development.
(KB)
Descriptors: Child Development; Cognitive Development; Early Childhood
Education; Emotional Development; Guidelines; Literature Reviews;
Parent Attitudes; *Program Evaluation; Social Development; Teacher
Attitudes; Teacher Behavior; Theory Practice Relationship; *Young
Children
Identifiers: *Developmentally Appropriate Programs; National Association
Educ of Young Children
