Course Outcomes
Developmentally Appropriate Practices Seminar
- Become conversant with developmentally appropriate practice standards published by NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children).
- Understand how developmentally appropriate practice applies to making effective educational decisions that benefit children and enhance their growth and development.
- Gain a functional understanding of how teachers within a developmental model implement appropriate guidance and classroom management stragegies, create and modify effective learning environments, facilitate and scaffold learning and, develop strategies to meet the diversity of needs in the children and families they serve.