Overview and Principle #1
Development and learning are dynamic processes that reflect the complex interplay between a child’s biological characteristics and the environment, each shaping the other as well as future patterns of growth.
What is principle 1?
All the domains of development
What is social, emotional, physical, cognitive and language?
Children’s motivation to learn is increased when their learning environment fosters their sense of belonging, purpose, and agency. Curricula and teaching methods build on each child’s assets by connecting their experiences in the school or learning environment to their home and community settings.
What is principle 6?
The Principle that deals with technology
What is principle #9?
Consists of the plans for the learning experiences through which children acquire knowledge, skills, abilities, and understanding.
What is curriculum?
Commonality, individuality and context
What are the three core considerations of DAP?
A teacher makes a lesson plan that involves using your hands on a counting puzzle where you can learn to use physical motor skills and cognitive thinking skills while solving the puzzle.
What is an example of principal 2?
Although general progressions of development and learning can be identified, variations due to cultural contexts, experiences, and individual differences must also be considered.
What is principle 4?
Mrs. Joon has several posters in her classroom of historical figures and literary texts that detective the history of math. She constantly integrates other subjects into her teaching as they allow her students to develop deep connections and be able to fully comprehend what is being taught.
What is an example of principle #7?
Central component of curriculum
What is learning through play?
Methods that promote each child’s optimal development and learning through a strengths-based, play-based approach to joyful, engaged learning.
What is developmentally appropriate practice?
All domains of the children’s development support the other. If there is a change to one major domain there is a change to another domain.
What is principle 2?
Children are active learners from birth, constantly taking in and organizing information to create meaning through their relationships, their interactions with their environment, and their overall experiences.
What is principle 5?
Children learn in an integrated fashion that cysts across academic disciplines or subject areas. Because the foundations of subject area knowledge are established in early childhood, educators need subject-area, and pedagogical knowledge about teaching each subject area’s content effectively.
What is principle #7?
Desired goals that are important for young children’s development and learning in general and culturally and linguistically responsive to children in particular have been identified and clearly articulated, The program has a comprehensive, effective curriculum that targets the identified goals across all domains of development and subject areas, Educators use the curriculum framework in their planning to make sure there is ample attention to important learning goals and to enhance the coherence of the overall experience for children, educators make meaningful connections a priority in the learning experiences they provide each child, Educators collaborate with those teaching in the preceding and subsequent age groups or grade levels, sharing information about children and working to increase continuity and coherence across ages and grades, Although it will vary across the age span, a planned and written curriculum is in place for all age groups.
What are the key factors of DAP?
The position statement is based on NAEYC’s -
What are core values and beliefs?
Play is essential to children through eight years of age. Play will promote self regulation, language, cognitive, and social competence and skills sometimes through discipline.
What is principal 3?
Ms. Johnson is making cookies with her students. After the food was cooked and she said that they can eat, she notices that Maria is not eating a cookie. When ms. Johnson talks to Maria, but she doesn’t say anything. A few minutes later, Maria was excluded from a group of students playing in the dramatic play area. While ms. Johnson observes the exclusion, she notices that Maria is crying in a corner. Before ms. Johnson talks with Maria again, she gives Maria a cookie. After Maria eats the cookie, the teacher notices that she feels better. After comforting her, the teacher recognizes that Maria did not eat the cookies because she felt like she did not earn them due to Maria’s culture.
What is an example of principle 4?
Used responsibly and intentionally, technology and interactive media can be valuable tools for supporting children’s development and learning.
What is principle #9?
Creating a Caring, Equitable Community of Learners, Engaging in Reciprocal Partnerships with Families and Fostering Community Connections, Observing, Documenting, and Assessing Children’s Development and Learning, Teaching to Enhance Each Child’s Development and Learning, Planning and Implementing an Engaging Curriculum to Achieve Meaningful Goals, Demonstrating Professionalism as An Early Childhood Educators
What are the 6 guidelines for DAP in action?
The idea of - and - is useful for curriculum development.
What are mirrors and windows?
Child plays with others and the game has a distinct winner and set of rules of which the students have to follow.
What is and example of principal 3?
Chandler is 6 months old he often is observed dropping things on the ground, and laughs when the teacher picks it up for him.
What is an example of principle #5?
Mrs.Jackson gives her students two additional sheets to complete for homework, after a few days of lessons. The next day in class all the students have mastered adding single digit numbers. Now move on to adding two digit numbers. Which principle is this form?
What is principle #8?
Where you can find recommendations for implementing developmentally appropriate practice.
What is advancing equity in early childhood education?