What are the principles of developmentally appropriate practices?
1. Overlapping domains: All developmental domains i.e., physical, social/emotional, communication, cognitive and adaptive, are important and closely interrelated, continually influencing one another.
What are the 3 dimensions of DAP?
The principles serve as the evidence base for the guidelines for practice, and both are situated within three core considerations—commonality, individuality, and context.
What are the 3 main headings of the NAEYC position statements?
Inclusion
- Early Childhood Inclusion Position Statement.
- Summary.
What are the 3 core components of DAP?
DAP is informed by three areas of knowledge that are critical components in making good decisions for children.
- Child development appropriateness.
- Individual appropriateness.
- Social and cultural appropriateness.
What are the 3 domains of development?
This field of psychology is studied by developmental psychologists. They view development as a lifelong process that can be studied scientifically across three developmental domains: physical, cognitive development, and psychosocial.
What are the three basic principles of child and physical development?
There are three principles of growth and development: the cephalocaudal principle, the proximodistal principle, and the orthogenetic principle. These predictable patterns of growth and development allow us to predict how and when most children will develop certain characteristics.
What developmentally appropriate learning principles and strategies are observed in class?
Ten Practices
- Acknowledge what children say or do.
- Encourage persistence and effort.
- Give specific feedback to students.
- Modeling behaviors that students should develop.
- Demonstrate how to do something.
- Challenge students to grow.
- Ask questions that make children think.
- Offer assistance in a challenging task.
How do principles of developmentally appropriate practice inform assessment?
Why is developmentally appropriate practice important?
Developmentally appropriate practice is based on knowledge, not assumptions, of children’s growth and development. Through this knowledge, teachers are able to plan for appropriate activities that challenge children enough to continue to promote their progress and interest.