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Best Practices in Early Childhood Education, 4th Best Practices in Early Childhood Education, 4th EditionEdition
Marjorie J. Kostelnik Anne K. Soderman Alice P. Marjorie J. Kostelnik Anne K. Soderman Alice P. WhirenWhiren
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Best Practices in Early Childhood Education, 4th Best Practices in Early Childhood Education, 4th EditionEdition
by Marjorie J. Kostelnik, Anne K. Soderman, and Alice P. Whirenby Marjorie J. Kostelnik, Anne K. Soderman, and Alice P. Whiren
CHAPTER 2CHAPTER 2
Teaching and Learning in Developmentally Teaching and Learning in Developmentally Appropriate ProgramsAppropriate Programs
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Teaching-Learning Triangle
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Child Development and Learning
Principles:• Holistic• Orderly sequence• Varying rates
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Child Development and Learning
Principles (cont’d.):• Active• Maturation • Environment
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Child Development and Learning
Principles (cont’d.):• Learning Styles
– Kinesthetic, Auditory, Visual – Multiple Intelligences – Motivations
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Child Development and Learning
Principles (cont’d.):• The COMBINE:
– Physical Experience – Social Experience – Reflection
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Child Development and Learning
Principles (cont’d.):
PLAY
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Teaching Strategies
These strategies are prepared in advance:
• Sensory engagement• Environmental cues• Task analysis
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Teaching StrategiesThese strategies are considered in
advance, but used when children are on the scene:
• Chaining and successive approximation• Scaffolding• Guided practice
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Verbal Teaching Strategies
• Invitations• Behavior reflections• Paraphrase reflections• Modeling• Effective praise
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Verbal Teaching Strategies
• Telling, explaining, informing• Do-it signals• Challenges• Questions
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Silence is an effective teaching strategy too!
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Cycle of LearningPhases
• Awareness• Exploration• Acquisition• Practice• Generalization
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Teaching in the Zone of Proximal Development
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Content in ECEHow do I decide what to teach?
• Consider the children’s interests.
• Consult the standards
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Standards
Standards describe what young children may reasonably be expected to learn and do during the early childhood years.
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Sources of Standards• Professional societies• Departments of Education• State and local early childhood
governing bodies• School districts• Early childhood programs
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Incorporating Standards into Your
Teaching
Consider each standard by asking yourself these questions:
• What is most meaningful for children this age?
• What is most meaningful for these particular children?
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Questions to Ask Yourself (cont.)
• What might a beginner need to know in relation to this standard?
• What do the children already know?• What can children learn through first-
hand experience?• How can I integrate this standard into
day-to-day learning?