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ERIC Number: EJ570790
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0044-0728
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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Identifiers: Clocks; Scripts (Knowledge Structures)