Developmental Education for Young Children Concept, Practice and Implementation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: van Oers, Bert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: International perspectives on early childhood education and development ; 7
• Subjects: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Assessment.; Child development.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Developmental psychology.; Childhood Education.; Developmental Psychology.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Curriculum Studies.; Educational Psychology.

Developmental Education is an approach to education in school that aims at promoting children’s cultural development and their abilities to participate autonomously and well-informed in the cultural practices of their community. From the point of view of Cultural-historical Activity theory (CHAT), a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction; Bert van Oers
• Part 1: Developmental Education: Core issues
• 2. Developmental Education: Foundations of a Play-based Curriculum; Bert van Oers
• 3. Responsible Teaching; Wim Wardekker
• 4. Developmental Education for Young Children: Basic Development; Frea Janssen-Vos and Bea Pompert
• Part 2: Good practices of Developmental Education
• 5. Learning to Communicate in Young Children’s Classrooms; Dorian de Haan
• 6. Assessing Vocabulary Development; Renata Adan
• 7. Dynamic Assessment of Narrative Competence; Chiel van der Veen and Mariëlle Poland
• 8. Promoting Abstract Thinking in Young Children’s Play; Bert van Oers and Mariëlle Poland
• 9. Teaching Arts: Promoting Aesthetic Thinking; Lieke Roof
• 10. Every Child is Special: Teaching Young Children with Special Needs; Isabel Peters and Barbara Nellesteijn
• 11. Fostering the Teacher – Parent Partnership; André Weijers and Frea Janssen-Vos
• Part 3: Implementing the play-based curriculum of Developmental Education
• 12. Coaching the Transition towards Developmental Education: Exploring the Situation with Teachers; Lorien de Koning
• 13. Creating Knowledge and Practice in the Classroom: Bea Pompert
• 14. Evaluation of Learning and Development; Ester van Oers
• 15. Teaching Reading by Writing; Bea Pompert
• 16. Learning to Communicate about Number; Niko Fijma
• 17. Developmental Education Schools as Learning Organisations; Hans Bakker
• Conclusion: Actual and future consequences of implementing and researching Developmental Education; Bert van Oers
• Index.