Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Curriculum and Development in Early Education

by Carol Gestwicki

Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Curriculum and Development in Early Education, 3E is a thoughtful and comprehensive text that is now even more effective with the addition of several new features and enhanced content. In the first section, developmentally appropriate practice is discussed and explored, including an in-depth, extended section on the theory and research of play. Subsequent sections address domains such as physical, social/emotional, and cognitive/language. The coverage of these important environments is comprehensive and individually addresses appropriate practice for all early childhood age groups. The fifth section moves into a discussion of making changes for the teachers and how to gain support for those changes. Well-known curriculum approaches are also explored in-depth, allowing the student to understand how these approaches fit into the principles of developmentally appropriate practice. Some new features include "What Would You Do?" and "Think About It" sections that encourage further thought and discussion, as well as current reference and reading suggestions to allow the student to continue the learning process independently.

Genres: School, Education

467 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1994

Reviews

[Melanie · Rating 1 out of 5]

the entire text can be summed up in one sentence: play I important...plus the writing was just plain horrid...

[Misha · Rating 1 out of 5]

Assigned text for one of my classes. The formatting is meh and like many textbooks it spends a lot more time justifying its existence than actually providing valuable information, often spinning a piece of advice that could be summed up in a sentence into a full chapter. It also advises telling children that boys have penises and girls have vaginas, which is depressingly bad advice to give anyone let alone educators in the year 2020.