Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Curriculum and Development in Early Education

by Carol Gestwicki

This new edition offers practical guidance for implementing developmentally appropriate practices for children from birth through age eight. It includes clear discussions and examples of what is best practice to nurture development of the whole child. Current issues such as readiness, whole language, multi-age grouping, and cultural diversity are addressed with an emphasis on child-centered curriculum. The application of theory to real situations, dialogues and interactions give direction to educators, caregivers, administrators and parents.

Genres: School, Education

384 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.