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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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What Have We Learned about Developmentally Appropriate Practice? Research in Review.
Dunn, Loraine; Kontos, Susan
Young Children, v52 n5 p4-13 Jul 1997
Reviews research on three issues related to the first edition of the developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) guidelines of the National Association for the Education of Young Children: (1) the prevalence of DAP; (2) teachers and parents beliefs about DAP and influence of beliefs on practice; and (3) how appropriate and inappropriate practice influence children's social-emotional and cognitive development. (KB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Development, Guidelines, Literature Reviews, Parent Attitudes, Program Evaluation, Social Development, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Theory Practice Relationship, Young Children
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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