Acknowledgments
Editors’ Preface
About This Book
Key Messages of the Position Statement
NAEYC Position Statement
Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs
Serving Children from Birth through Age 8
1. To Be an Excellent Teacher
2. Development in the First Three Years of Life
3. Developmentally Appropriate Practice in the Infant and Toddler
Years—Ages 0–3: Examples to Consider
The Preschool Years
4. Developmentally Appropriate Practice in the Preschool Years—Ages
3–5: An Overview
5. Developmentally Appropriate Practice in the Preschool Years—Ages
3–5: Examples to Consider
The Kindergarten Year
6. Developmentally Appropriate Practice in the Kindergarten
Year—Ages 5–6: An Overview
7. Developmentally Appropriate Practice in the Kindergarten
Year—Ages 5–6: Examples to Consider
The Primary Grades
8. Developmentally Appropriate Practice in the Primary Grades—Ages
6–8: An Overview
9. Developmentally Appropriate Practice in the Primary Grades—Ages
6–8: Examples to Consider
10. Frequently Asked Questions about Developmentally
Appropriate Practice
References
Index
The book Developmentally Appropriate Practice has been an essential
resource for the early childhood field since its first edition in
1987. This third edition is the most extensive yet, fully revised
to align with the latest research on development, learning, and
teaching effectiveness.
In this book, early childhood practitioners and students will find
a wealth of information:
• NAEYC’s official Position Statement on Developmentally
Appropriate Practice
• A chapter by Carol Copple and Sue Bredekamp that makes clear the
connection between DAP and excellent teaching, and challenges the
field to think about developmentally appropriate practice with more
openness and precision
• Overviews of children’s development and learning in four periods
of life: the infant and toddler years, the preschool years, the
kindergarten year, and the primary grades
• Pages of specific examples for each age period describing key
practices seen in high-quality early childhood settings (centers
and school classrooms as well as family child care)—and, by
contrast, practices that are less likely to serve children well
A CD of additional resource material will further support
learning:
• More than 60 readings (pdf format) taken from Young Children
articles and NAEYC’s books and position statements that relate to,
expand on, and explain DAP concepts mentioned in the book
• Two dozen video examples from real early childhood classrooms,
plus commentary text, that highlight significant elements of
developmentally appropriate practice in action
Carol Copple is director of Publications and Initiatives in
Educational Practice at NAEYC. She was on the faculty at Louisiana
State University and the New School for Social Research. At the
Educational Testing Service she co-developed and directed a
research-based model for preschool education and conducted research
on children's cognition. Her previous publications include
Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs
(Bredekamp & Copple 1997), Basics of Developmentally Appropriate
Practice: An Introduction for Teachers of Children 3 to 6
(Bredekamp & Copple 2006), and Education the Young Thinker:
Classroom Strategies for Cognitive Growth (Copple, Sigel, &
Saunders 1984). She received her doctorate from Cornell
University.
Sue Bredekamp is an early childhood education consultant in
Washington, DC. She has consulted for NAEYC, the Council for
Professional Recognition, the Head Start BUreau, and state and
local departments of education, and served on the Committee on
Early Childhood Mathematics of the National Research Council. She
developed a satellite television course on early literacy, HeadsUp!
Reading. While director of Accreditation and Professional
Development at NAEYC (1981–1998), she coauthored major NAEYC
position statements and publications, including accreditation
standards, on developmentally appropriate practice, curriculum and
assessment, and learning to read and write. Currently she is
writing a textbook, to be titled Effective Practices in Early
Childhood Education: Becoming an Intentional Teacher. Her doctorate
is from the University of Maryland.
NAEYC could have taken the easy way out, made some cosmetic
upgrades to the 1997 DAP edition, and republished it. Fortunately,
the Association stayed on top of the rapidly changing body of
knowledge and dug in to do the hard work. The result is a document
that has the potential to be even more influential than the first
two versions. That is saying a lot because the influence of NAEYC's
position on developmentally appropriate practice has been
immense.
— Marilyn M. Smith, Council for Professional Recognition
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