Childhood Education articles from August 1998

Childhood Education archives from August 1998

Continuing tensions in standardized testing. (educational tests)
August 6, 1998... Every spring, anxiety increases in American classrooms as teachers and students get ready for the "test." Those test scores usually appear on the first page of the newspaper, building a sense of their importance. Students talk about taking the...

Developmentally appropriate practice is for everyone. (education of young children)(includes related articles)
August 6, 1998... In 1987, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) published guidelines for developmentally appropriate practice for young children ages birth through age eight (Bredekamp, 1987). The initial impetus for this...

Is developmentally appropriate practice for everyone? (education of young children)
August 6, 1998... "As the number and type of early childhood programs increase, the need increases for a shared vision and agreed-upon standards of professional practice. (Bredekamp & Copple, 1997, p. 7)" "[The community many of us hope for now is not to be...

Response to Sally Lubeck's "Is Developmentally Appropriate Practice for Everyone?" (in this issue, p. 283)
August 6, 1998... This exchange of articles inspired me to reflect upon and search for the possible solutions to a major puzzle that surfaced as I pondered criticisms leveled at the developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) guidelines. Although Sally Lubeck...

Is DAP for everyone? A response. (developmentally appropriate practice)(response to Rosalind Charlesworth, in this issue p. 293)
August 6, 1998... In Peter Hoeg's novel Smilla's Sense of Snow, the narrator and central character observes that it is easier to believe a simple falsehood than a contradictory truth. Likewise, I fear that when discussing developmentally appropriate practice...

The future of inclusive educational practice: constructive tension and the potential for reflective reform.
August 6, 1998... Philosophers interpret the world. The point is to change it. - Karl Marx Marx's epigram succinctly captures the enduring tension between thought and action - words of (dubious) wisdom and works of observable change - that becomes a...

Competing visions for educating students with disabilities: inclusion versus full inclusion.
August 6, 1998... How dos one explain the fundamental differences between inclusionists and full inclusionists? Inclusionists and full inclusionists advocate for different children with different needs. Because we write infrequently for early childhood...

Educating young children with disabilities using responsible inclusion.
August 6, 1998... Special services for young children with disabilities have expanded significantly since the passage of Public Law 94-142 in 1975, and its subsequent reauthorizations. including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 1990 and...