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Discussion and dialogue also ensures that students will feel more comfortable disagreeing with their peers openly. However, the teacher must wait until students are willing and able to engage in intelligent conversation on these topics, before giving students more liberties. Teachers must be able to understand when students are truly ready to talk about difficult issues, and not impose their will upon them.
At all ages, "relevant language, writing, spelling, and reading skills as opportunities to develop social skills such as planning, sharing, taking turns, and working in committees" is an important part of education (Network, 2003) the expectations for these activities will grow increasingly difficult over the course of the student's education, as old knowledge scaffolds upon the new. But the basic principles of common educational values such as respect for students remain unchanged. The teacher is always in dialogue with the students, constantly learning from them as they learn from him or her. A good teacher knows that every class is different, and not every class can be taught the same as previous groups, even if all students are from the same age groups. They may have different backgrounds, interests and needs, and the collective consciousness of the class will shape the overall attitude and behavior of the class.
In contrast to developmentally-appropriate education, a "developmentally inappropriate environment is predominately teacher directed and limits children's movement, interactions,...
The teacher may rigidly follow a prescribed curriculum without attention to individual children's needs, interests or backgrounds. Instruction may not challenge the children, or it may exceed their capabilities. Memorization and skill development are emphasized. Assessment is primarily limited to children's performance on paper-and-pencil tasks measured sporadically, such as before a reporting period" (Burts, 2005). Unfortunately, the increasing emphasis on standardized testing in the classroom can generate such a negative environment. The pressure to teach the test and to ensure all students pass can result in an emphasis on rote activity that does not remedy the deficits of weaker students and ignores the needs of stronger students who are likely to pass anyway. Not every student is ready for certain activities and approaches to learning, regardless of his or her grade level. In contrast, some classes may benefit from techniques commonly used with older students, such as debates. Developmentally-appropriate education gives teachers the ultimate responsibility to decide how something is taught, based upon their assessment of student needs, rather than prescribes how education should take place in the classroom in a rote fashion.
References
Burts, D.C. (2005, Fall). Developmentally appopriate educational practices. Retrieved April 4, 2013, from Louisiana Agricultural Magazine: http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/communications/publications/agmag/Archive/2005/Fall/Developmentally+Appropriate+Educational+Practices+in+Early+Childhood+Programs+an+Economic+Investment.htm
Network, U.E. (2003). Developmentally-appropriate teaching in early childhood programs. Retrieved Apr 2013, 21, from Utah Education Network: http://www.uen.org/k-2educator/teaching.shtml
(Novick, 1996) According to Novick practices that are developmentally appropriate and that contain culturally relevant teaching are: "...well grounded in human development and brain-based research..." (1996) The teacher must understand that today's schooling: "...takes place in a wider political context, one in which currently there is a great deal of anxiety and controversy regarding the nature of schooling, the economy, and our society, itself." (Novick, 1996) Schorr (1990) states
Thus, children with autism do not pick up on social cues in the environment. Francke, and Geist 125) Despite the varied understandings of the disorder and its varied presentations, much success has been seen with intensive educational intervention, that involves awareness and understanding as well as concrete developmentally strong intervention strategies that help the environment rather than the child adapt to learning. Works Cited Breakey, Christine. The Autism Spectrum and Further Education: A
Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum Locate a set of standards that relate to the arts or aesthetic learning. Read them through and select one or two that apply to a particular early childhood age group. Discuss how you could use these standards to plan an art activity for young children. You may use The National Standards for Arts Education website or choose any other state standards you would like. The category that I selected
Feedback should also inform the planning of subsequent lessons and activities and come from a variety of perspectives including the student, classmates, and the teacher (Kirkwood, 2000). Problems with this method of instruction occur when expectations are unclear or feedback is ambiguous, sporadic, or overly negative. Classroom behavioral norms must be established and respected. Care must also be taken to protect and support students from undue ridicule and criticism in
visual cues come from students developing knowledge of letter/sound relationships and of how letters are formed what letters and words look like often identified as sounding out words Example 2- Phoneme Awareness -- Recognizing Rhyme Assessment (Klein, 2003). Instructor: Says two-three words that rhyme: fat, cat, bat Model: These words have the same sound at the end so they rhyme; cat and mop do not rhyme because their sound is different. Share: Listen to
meeting DAP standards while developing your educational program. Developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) standards reflect research in developmental psychology, showing how educators and program directors can adapt an evidence-based practice to meet the needs of all students. While developing my own educational program, knowledge of the DAP philosophy and standards will help me reduce achievement gaps in my classrooms, while remaining a flexible and responsive leader. Learning about DAP standards will