Integrated curriculum and developmentally appropriate practice : birth to age eight / edited by Craig H. Hart, Diane C. Burts, and Rosalind Charlesworth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hart, Craig H., 1957-

Burts, Diane C., 1947-

Charlesworth, Rosalind.

Series:

SUNY series, early childhood education.

SUNY series, early childhood education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early childhood education--Curricula--United States.

Early childhood education.

Child development--United States.

Child development.

Curriculum planning--United States.

Curriculum planning.

Interdisciplinary approach in education--United States.

Interdisciplinary approach in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (458 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : State University of New York Press, c1997.

Summary:

Combines research and practice on integrated developmentally appropriate curriculum that helps theorists, researchers, parents, and teachers understand how to match early childhood teaching practices to the integrated manner that young children naturally think and learn. This volume combines research and practice on integrated developmentally appropriate curriculum in a manner that will help theorists, researchers, parents, school administrators, and teachers understand how to match early childhood teaching practices to the integrated manner that young children naturally think and learn. The book features specialists in each of the traditional curriculum areas (e.g., math, science, literacy) who share their expertise on how to accomplish this in practical and meaningful ways based on NAEYC and other professional organization guidelines. What an integrated curriculum means for assessment, children with disabilities, guidance, parenting, social development, and multicultural perspectives in early childhood education is also covered. Craig H. Hart is Associate Professor, Department of Family Sciences, at Brigham Young University. He is the editor of Children on Playgrounds: Research Perspectives and Applications , also published by SUNY Press. Diane C. Burts is Professor in the School of Human Ecology at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Rosalind Charlesworth is Professor of Child and Family Studies, Weber State University.

Contents:

CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; FOREWORD by Sue Bredekamp; 1. Integrated Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum: From Theory and Research to Practice by Craig H. Hart, Diane C. Burts, and Rosalind Charlesworth; 2. How Children Develop and Why It Matters: The Foundation for the Developmentally Appropriate Integrated Early Childhood Curriculum by Suzanne Lowell Krogh; PART ONE. INTEGRATING ACROSS CURRICULUM AREAS; 3. Mathematics in the Developmentally Appropriate Integrated Curriculum by Rosalind Charlesworth; 4. Science in the Developmentally Appropriate Integrated Curriculum by Karen K. Lind

5. Music in the Developmentally Appropriate Integrated Curriculum by Susan H. Kenney6. Physical Education in the Developmentally Appropriate Integrated Curriculum by V. Gregory Payne and Judith E. Rink; 7. Social Studies in the Developmentally Appropriate Integrated Curriculum by Carol Seefeldt; 8. Visual Arts in the Developmentally Appropriate Integrated Curriculum by Cynthia Colbert; 9. Integrating Literacy Learning for Young Children: A Balanced Literacy Perspective by D. Ray Reutzel; PART TWO. SELECTED TOPICS AND SPECIAL ISSUES

10. Social Development and Behavior in the Integrated Curriculum by Michele Dewolf andJoan Benedict11. Developmentally Appropriate Guidance and the Integrated Curriculum by Marion C. Hyson and Shawn L. Christiansen; 12. Assessment in an Integrated Curriculum by Pamela O. Fleege; 13. The Integrated Curriculum and Students with Disabilities by Donna E. Dugger-Wadsworth; 14. Diversity and the Multicultural Perspective by Andrew J. Stremmel; 15. Integrating Home and School Building a Partnership by Jean M. Larsen and Julie H. Haupt

16. Informing Parents, Administrators, and Teachers about Developmentally Appropriate Practices by Julie H. Haupt and Margaret F. OstlundCONTRIBUTORS; AUTHOR INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; SUBJECT INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-0596-0

0-585-05578-5

OCLC:

923397475