EJ551026 PS527016
Title: Between a Rock and a Hard Place in the Primary Grades: The
Challenge of Providing Developmentally Appropriate Early Childhood
Education in an Elementary School Setting.Author(s): Goldstein, Lisa S.
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v12 n1 p3-27 1997
Publication Date: 1997
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement: CIJFEB1998
Notes that
primary grade teachers attempting to implement developmentally appropriate
practice (DAP) in their classrooms must contend with the competing
professional models of early childhood education and elementary
schooling. Describes the practices of one primary grade teacher,
which, despite problems of interpretation, inconsistency, and only
partial adoption, illustrate how these tensions play out in a primary
classroom. (HTH)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education; *Educational Principles;
*Models; Primary Education; *Teaching Methods
Identifiers: *Developmentally Appropriate Programs
