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Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth Through Age 8 by Carol Copple (Editor); Sue Bredekamp (Editor)
ISBN: 9781928896647
Publication Date: 2008-12-16
The book Developmentally Appropriate Practice has been an essential resource for the early childhood field since its first edition in 1987. This third edition is the most extensive yet, fully revised to align with the latest research on development, learning, and teaching effectiveness. In this book, early childhood practitioners and students will find a wealth of information: * NAEYC's official Position Statement on Developmentally Appropriate Practice * A chapter by Carol Copple and Sue Bredekamp that makes clear the connection between DAP and excellent teaching, and challenges the field to think about developmentally appropriate practice with more openness and precision * Overviews of children's development and learning in four periods of life: the infant and toddler years, the preschool years, the kindergarten year, and the primary grades * Pages of specific examples for each age period describing key practices seen in high-quality early childhood settings (centers and school classrooms as well as family child care)--and, by contrast, practices that are less likely to serve children well A CD of additional resource material will further support learning: * More than 60 readings (pdf format) taken from Young Children articles and NAEYC's books and position statements that relate to, expand on, and explain DAP concepts mentioned in the book * Two dozen video examples from real early childhood classrooms, plus commentary text, that highlight significant elements of developmentally appropriate practice in action
Developmentally Appropriate Practice by Carol Gestwicki
ISBN: 9781305501027
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Thoughtful and comprehensive, DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PRACTICE: CURRICULUM AND DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY EDUCATION, 6th Edition, is designed to meet the needs of new early childhood students as well as experienced teachers, professionals, and parents. It provides you with an overview of the concepts and theoretical foundations of appropriate practices in every developmental domain and discusses the practical implications for teachers and caregivers. The text reflects the NAEYC position statement on Developmentally Appropriate Practice and includes content on aligning early childhood teaching practices with national education standards, in addition to many interesting anecdotes, vignettes, interactive features, and applications to help you understand and apply the material. The text also shows you how to be effective no matter what curriculum model is used in your center, whether Reggio Emilia, Montessori, High Scope, Creative Curriculum, Bank Street, Waldorf, or any other.
Child and Adolescent Development in Cultural Context by Jennifer E. Lansford; Doran C. French; Mary Gauvain
ISBN: 9781433833038
Publication Date: 2021-03-23
Human development doesn't occur in a vacuum. Rather, it is deeply rooted in, and affected by, culture. This textbook examines how culture affects several domains of development, including cognition, emotion, sociolinguistics, peer relationships, family relationships, and more. The chapters highlight differences between "WEIRD" cultures (Western, educated, and from industrialized, rich, and democratic countries) and non-WEIRD cultures, as well as differences with respect to gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and other identity markers. Each chapter draws upon a large research base and highlights specific studies to engage students, illustrate key points, and convey the role of empirical research in psychology. As a result, students will learn that the development of behavior, values, social relationships, ways of seeing the world, language, and thought processes cannot be understood separate from culture.
Development Across the Life Span by Robert Feldman
ISBN: 9781292157955
Publication Date: 2016-01-11
For courses in Lifespan Development A compelling blend of lifespan development research and applications Development Across the Life Span provides a chronological overview of human development from the moment of conception through death, examining both the traditional areas of the field and more recent innovations. Author Robert Feldman focuses on how developmental findings can be can be applied meaningfully and practically, helping students to recognize the relevance of the discipline to their own lives. Thoroughly updated with the latest data and contemporary examples, the Eighth Edition better engages students in key concepts via recent news items, timely world events, and contemporary uses of lifespan development. Also available with MyPsychLab® This title is also available with MyPsychLab -- an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyPsychLab, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. Development Across the Life Span, Eighth Edition is also available via REVEL(tm), an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab(tm) & Mastering(tm) does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab & Mastering, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyLab & Mastering, search for: 0134495934 / 9780134495934 Development Across the Life Span plus MyPsychLab with eText -- Access Card Package, 8/e Package consists of: 0134225899 / 9780134225890 Development Across the Life Span, 8/e 0205206514 / 9780205206513 MyPsychLab with eText Access Card
Understanding How We Learn by Yana Weinstein; Megan Sumeracki; Oliver Caviglioli
ISBN: 9780203710463
Publication Date: 2018-08-22
Educational practice does not, for the most part, rely on research findings. Instead, there's a preference for relying on our intuitions about what's best for learning. But relying on intuition may be a bad idea for teachers and learners alike. This accessible guide helps teachers to integrate effective, research-backed strategies for learning into their classroom practice. The book explores exactly what constitutes good evidence for effective learning and teaching strategies, how to make evidence-based judgments instead of relying on intuition, and how to apply findings from cognitive psychology directly to the classroom. Including real-life examples and case studies, FAQs, and a wealth of engaging illustrations to explain complex concepts and emphasize key points, the book is divided into four parts: Evidence-based education and the science of learning Basics of human cognitive processes Strategies for effective learning Tips for students, teachers, and parents. Written by "The Learning Scientists" and fully illustrated by Oliver Caviglioli, Understanding How We Learn is a rejuvenating and fresh examination of cognitive psychology's application to education.
The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are by Daniel J. Siegel
ISBN: 9781462503902
Publication Date: 2012-02-27
This highly influential work–now in a revised and expanded third edition incorporating major advances in the field–gives clinicians, educators, and students a new understanding of what the mind is, how it grows, and how to promote healthy development and resilience. Daniel J. Siegel synthesizes cutting-edge research from multiple disciplines, revealing the ways in which neural processes are fundamentally shaped by interpersonal relationships throughout life. And even when early experiences are not optimal, building deeper connections to other people and to one’s own internal experience remains a powerful resource for growth. Professors praise the book’s utility in courses from developmental psychology and child development to neuroscience and counseling
The Exceptional Child by Eileen Allen; Glynnis Cowdery
ISBN: 9780357630693
Publication Date: 2021-04-01
Gain a strong understanding of the foundational issues you face as you teach, parent or assist in an inclusive early childhood setting with Allen/Cowdery's THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD: INCLUSION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, 9E. Today's most comprehensive, applied text on early childhood special education, this edition, with an appealing new design, defines inclusion and early childhood disabilities and explains the latest federal legislation. You examine applications and strategies for early childhood inclusion, from effective teaching and managing problematic behavior to working with linguistically and culturally diverse children and families. You also learn to involve parents and caregivers while encouraging independence and self-care in children. Current research, video cases, digital downloads and first-hand accounts support a developmental behavioral approach as you discover how to work with and optimize learning for diverse groups that include children with significant challenges.
Education in the United Arab Emirates by Kay Gallagher (Editor)
ISBN: 9789811377358
Publication Date: 2019-05-30
This book provides an overview of the evolution of education in the United Arab Emirates from its humble beginnings in palm frond huts, to today's proliferation of prestigious international schools and global university branch campuses. The chapter authors are academic experts who have extensive first-hand experience of contemporary developments in the country's various educational sectors. The book addresses innovations and transformations in Early Childhood Education, Higher Education, K-12 Schooling, Language Education in Arabic and English, Quality Assurance, Special Needs, STEM Education, and Teacher Education and Professional Development.

Course Materials

Week 1

Holistic Child Development, Context, and the Environment

Physical, Cognitive, Language, Emotional, Social, and Cultural domains of development, including variations (e.g. exceptionalities, children of determination, etc.)
Role of play
Relationships and attachment; Role of parents, families, and caregivers in holistic development and variations
Genes and the environment: epigenetics
Role of the environment in providing safe learning for All
Wellbeing in the local context

Required Reading

Feldman (2018). Development Across the Lifespan. Ch 1. pp. 21-46, 60
Landsford et al (2021). Child and adolescent development in a cultural context. Ch. 1 pp. 1-10, 21-26
Yogman, M., Garner, A., Hutchinson, J., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Golinkoff, R. M., Baum, R., ... & Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health (2018). The power of play: A pediatric role in enhancing development in young children. Pediatrics, 142(3). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-2058

Recommended Reading

Gestwicki, C. (2016). Developmentally appropriate practice: Curriculum and development in early education . Ch1 pp1-21

Week 2

Holistic Development and the Environment in the Early Years

Physical
Cognitive
Language
Emotional
Social-cultural
Quality play and how to support holistic development
Inclusive learning and developmental environments

Required Reading

Feldman (2018). Development Across the Lifespan. Chapters 7-8.

Recommended Readings

Gestwicki, C. (2016). Developmentally appropriate practice: Curriculum and development in early education. Chapter 2. Pp. 34-46.
Britto PR, Lye SJ, Proulx K, Yousafzai AK, Matthews SG, Vaivada T, Perez-Escamilla R, Rao N, Ip P, Fernald LCH, MacMillan H, Hanson M, Wachs TD, Yao H, Yoshikawa H, Cerezo A, Leckman JF, Bhutta ZA; & Early Childhood Development Interventions Review Group, for the Lancet Early Childhood Development Series Steering Committee (2017). Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development. Lancet. 389(10064), 91-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31390-3.

Week 3

Holistic Development and the Environment in the Primary Years

Physical
Cognitive
Language
Emotional
Social-cultural
Quality play and how to support holistic development
Inclusive learning and developmental environments

Required Reading

Feldman, R.S. (2018). Development Across the Lifespan. Chapters 9-10.

Recommended Reading

Gestwicki, C. (2016). Developmentally appropriate practice: Curriculum and development in early education . Cengage Learning. Ch 2. pp 46-53.
Jackson JK, Jones J, Nguyen H, Davies I, Lum M, Grady A, Yoong SL. (2021). Obesity Prevention within the Early Childhood Education and Care Setting: A Systematic Review of Dietary Behavior and Physical Activity Policies and Guidelines in High Income Countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(2),838. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020838

Week 4

How Children Experience the World and Learn in the Early and Primary years

Perception and Differences
Attention and Differences
Memory and Differences
Implications for inclusive and differentiated teaching practice and quality play

Required Readings

Weinstein, Y., Sumeracki, M., & Caviglioli, O. (2018). Understanding how we learn: A visual guide. Routledge. Chapters 5, 6, 7

Recommended Reading

Weinstein, Y., Sumeracki, M., & Caviglioli, O. (2018). Understanding how we learn: A visual guide. Routledge. Chapter 8

Week 5

How Children Think, Reason, and Learn in the Early and Primary years

Executive Functions and Differences
Implications for and differentiated teaching practice and quality play

Required readings

Landsford et al (2021). Child and adolescent development in a cultural context. Chapter. 3
Weinstein, Y., Sumeracki, M., & Caviglioli, O. (2018). Understanding how we learn: A visual guide. Routledge. Chapter 9
Zhang M, Garnier H, Qian G, Li S. (2023). Effect of 11 Weeks of Physical Exercise on Physical Fitness and Executive Functions in Children. Children (Basel). 10(3):485. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10030485

Recommended readings

Gestwicki, C. (2016). Developmentally appropriate practice: Curriculum and development in early education. Cengage Learning. Chapter 15 pp. 399-416.

Matthews, D., Biney, H., & Abbot-Smith, K. (2018). I ndividual differences in children’s pragmatic ability: A review of associations with formal language, social cognition, and executive functions. Language Learning and Development, 14(3), 186-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/15475441.2018.1455584

Week 6

How Children Learn with Others in the Early and Primary years

Social Cognition: understanding of self and of others
Self-Awareness and Self-Regulation
Safe expression and Connectedness
Implications for inclusive and differentiated teaching practice and quality play

Required reading

Gestwicki, C. (2016). Developmentally appropriate practice: Curriculum and development in early education. Cengage Learning. Chapter 11, pp. 288-296, 305-312, and Chapter 12, pp. 321-329
Healey, A., Mendelsohn, A., Sells, J. M., Donoghue, E., Earls, M., Hashikawa, A., ... & Williams, P. G. (2019). Selecting appropriate toys for young children in the digital era. Pediatrics, 143(1). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-3348

Recommended readings

Friedman, S., Wright, B.L., Masterson, M.L., & National Association for the Education of Young Children (2021). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. National Association for the Education of Young Children - NAEYC. Chapter 5
Siegel, D. J. (2020). The developing mind: How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are. Guilford Publications. Chapter 4

Week 7

The Learning Environment: supportive, safe, inclusive, and positive environments for full participation in the early and primary years

Promoting prosocial behavior
Positive Approaches
Promoting resilience and empowerment in children
Choices (quiet spaces; active spaces) • Quality play

Required Reading

Nagro, S. A., Fraser, D. W., & Hooks, S. D. (2019). Lesson planning with engagement in mind: Proactive classroom management strategies for curriculum instruction. Intervention in School and Clinic, 54(3), 131-140. https://doi.org/10.1177/1053451218767905

Recommended Reading

Khan, M., Bell, S., McGeown, S., & de Oliveira, E. S. (2019). Designing an outdoor learning environment for and with a primary school community: A case study in Bangladesh. Landscape research. Activities: Designing inclusive environments and practices linked to observation scales, 95-110.https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2019.1569217

Week 8

The Learning Environment: inclusive environments in the early and primary years – group strategies

Universal design
Environments welcoming to All; full participation of All
Responsive and respectful learning environments
Positive interventions and supports for quality play

Required readings

Friedman, S., Wright, B.L., Masterson, M.L., & National Association for the Education of Young Children (2021). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. National Association for the Education of Young Children - NAEYC. Chapter 6

Katz, J. (2013). The Three Block Model of Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Engaging students in inclusive education. Canadian Journal of Education, 36(1), 153-194. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1002311.pdf

Recommended Reading

Campbell, P. H., & Milbourne, S. A. (2014). Together is better: Environmental teaching practices to support all children’s learning. Young Exceptional Children Monograph Series, 16, 21–38.

Weinstein, Y., Sumeracki, M., & Caviglioli, O. (2018). Understanding how we learn: A visual guide. Routledge. Chapter 11

Week 9

The Learning Environment: inclusive environments in the early and primary years – Individual Strategies

Identifying challenges
Strategies (e.g., Pedagogic, Behavioral) for quality play
Positive coping, problem solving, and decision-making
Individualized accommodations and modifications
Evaluating effectiveness of practices

Required Readings

Friedman, S., Wright, B.L., Masterson, M.L., & National Association for the Education of Young Children (2021). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. National Association for the Education of Young Children - NAEYC. Chapter 9

Minott, M. (2019). Reflective teaching, inclusive teaching and the teacher’s tasks in the inclusive classroom: A literary investigation. British Journal of Special Education, 46(2), 226-238. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8578.12260

Recommended Reading

Allen, K. E., & Cowdery, G. E. (2014). The exceptional child: Inclusion in early childhood education. Cengage learning. Only Print copy available
Yassine, J., Tipton‐Fisler, L. A., & Katic, B. (2020). Building student‐teacher relationships and improving behaviour‐management for classroom teachers. Support for Learning, 35(3), 389-407. 10.1111/1467-9604.12317

Week 10

Curriculum and Learning Progression: Links to Child Development

Foundations of Curriculum (Philosophical, Psychological, Social)
Principles of curriculum and links to development
Theory and Practice: How different curricula support learning progression
Roles of students, teachers, and principals
Implications for inclusive and differentiated teaching practice and quality play

Required Readings

Drake, S. M., & Reid, J. L. (2018). Integrated curriculum as an effective way to teach 21st century capabilities. Asia Pacific Journal of Educational Research, 1(1), 31-50.

Gestwicki, C. (2016). Developmentally appropriate practice: Curriculum and development in early education. Cengage Learning. Chapter. 4

Recommended Readings

Aljabreen, H. (2020). Montessori, Waldorf, and Reggio Emilia: A Comparative Analysis of Alternative Models of Early Childhood Education. International Journal of Early Childhood, 52(3), 337-353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13158-020-00277-1
Kippels, S., & Ridge, N. (2019). The growth and transformation of K–12 education in the UAE. In Education in the United Arab Emirates (pp. 37-55). Springer.

Week 11

The Larger Environment: role of educators, schools, families, and the community in nurturing holistic child development in the early and primary years

Connecting with communities, families, and partnerships: Children’s holistic health, rights, and care
Agency and Purpose within the cultural context
Supporting quality play across child differences

Required readings

Friedman, S., Wright, B.L., Masterson, M.L., & National Association for the Education of Young Children (2021). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. National Association for the Education of Young Children - NAEYC. Chapter. 7
UNESCO. Division for Inclusion, Peace and Sustainable Development, Education Sector (2017). Education for sustainable development goals: Learning objectives. p18-19.

Recommended readings

McKelvie-Sebileau P, Rees D, Swinburn B, Gerritsen S, D'Souza E, Tipene-Leach D. (2021). Combining Cognitive Mapping and indigenous knowledge to improve food environments in regional New Zealand. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 1– 11. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.549
Weinstein, Y., Sumeracki, M., & Caviglioli, O. (2018). Understanding how we learn: A visual guide. Routledge. Chapter 13

Pre-Service Early Years/Primary Postgraduate Diploma in Education: EDUEYP2 - Knowing the Early Years and Primary School Learner

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