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EJ569186 PS528791
Title: Developmentally Appropriate Practice Is for Everyone.Author(s): Charlesworth, Rosalind
Source: Childhood Education, v74 n5 p274-82 1998
Publication Date: 1998
Notes: For comments and responses, see PS 528 792-794 in this issue. Annual theme issue.
ISSN: 0009-4056
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAR1999
Argues that
developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) as presented in the revised
guidelines of the National Association for the Education of Young
Children gives equal attention to age, individual, and cultural
appropriateness, and therefore is appropriate for everyone, regardless
of socioeconomic status, culture, race, gender, age, or special
needs. Differentiates appropriate and inappropriate practices. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: *Early Childhood Education; Guidelines; Preschool
Curriculum; Student Centered Curriculum; *Young Children
Identifiers: *Developmentally Appropriate Programs; National
Association Educ of Young Children
