Susan Bredekamp, Ph. D

Susan Bredekamp, Ph. D

"Developmentally appropriate practices are ways of teaching that vary for or adapt to the age and experience of the individual learner. So fundamentally the definition has not changed. Instead, it has been expanded to include the fact that not only do you have to consider children as individuals, but you also have to consider children as members of groups with their own cultural identities."

 “Child-initiated activity is all that’s important and that teacher-directed instruction or any form of teacher-directed activity is not appropriate.” by Susan Bredekamp. (ECT Editorial Staff, April 2006)

 "Children benefit most from teachers who have the skills, knowledge, and judgment to make good decisions and are given the opportunity to use them." 

 References

NAEYC, Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs   Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 (2009)


Scholastic http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article
 “child-initiated activity is all that’s important and that teacher-directed instruction or any form of teacher-directed activity is not appropriate.” by Susan Bredekamp. (ECT Editorial Staff, April 2006)