Untiming the Curriculum: A Case Study of Removing Clocks from the Program.

Wien, Carol Anne; Kirby-Smith, Susan

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ERIC Number: EJ570790

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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ISSN: ISSN-0044-0728

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Untiming the Curriculum: A Case Study of Removing Clocks from the Program.

Wien, Carol Anne; Kirby-Smith, Susan

Young Children, v53 n5 p8-13 Sep 1998

Explores the impact on children's activities and staff behavior of removing clocks and watches from an early childhood classroom. Describes how removing old patterns of time organization required teacher reflection about taken-for-granted scripts for time and permitted them to invent new scripts that were more supportive of developmentally appropriate practices. (KB)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Caregivers, Childhood Needs, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Teachers, Scheduling, Teacher Student Relationship, Time Factors (Learning), Time Perspective

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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