Changes in Teachers' Perceptions of Developmentally Appropriate Practice

Autor/inn/en	Nelson, Regena Fails; Smith, Andrea B.
Titel	Changes in Teachers' Perceptions of Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 25 (2004) 1, S.75-78 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1027
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Required Courses; Early Childhood Education; Masters Programs; Developmentally Appropriate Practices; Teaching Methods; Attitude Change; Teacher Attitudes; Student Surveys; Student Teacher Attitudes; Educational Practices; Pretests Posttests; Questionnaires; Instructional Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Pflichtkurs; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Entwicklungsbezogene Bildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerbefragung; Bildungspraxis; Fragebogen; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	The recent focus on the effects of early childhood education on future academic success has caused many early childhood teacher educators to examine the relevance of the instruction they give to early childhood professionals for meeting the educational goals for the 21 st century. This study examined the effects of a set of core courses in an early childhood Master's program on teacher's perceptions of their use of developmentally appropriate practices. Thirty Master's students completed a survey about their teaching practices before and after taking a sequence of required courses in early childhood education. The survey measured the graduate students' perceptions of their movement toward adopting developmentally appropriate practices. There was a significant shift toward developmentally appropriate practice in regard to curriculum, instruction, assessment and materials. The discussion section provides recommendations for curriculum and instruction in early childhood Master's programs. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10