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Learning Resources

This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of the assigned resources for this week. To view this week’s media resources, please use the streaming media player below.

Required Resources

• Course Text: Copple, C., & Bredekamp, S. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8 (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
• • NAEYC Position Statement, pp. 1–24
  • “To Be an Excellent Teacher,” pp. 33–50
  • “Frequently Asked Questions about Developmentally Appropriate Practice,” pp. 327–333

Media

• Video: Laureate Education (Producer). (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
  
  Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 38 minutes.

  Early childhood expertLearning Resources

  This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of the assigned resources for this week. To view this week’s media resources, please use the streaming media player below.

  Required Resources

  • Course Text: Copple, C., & Bredekamp, S. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8 (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
  • • NAEYC Position Statement, pp. 1–24
    • “To Be an Excellent Teacher,” pp. 33–50
    • “Frequently Asked Questions about Developmentally Appropriate Practice,” pp. 327–333

  Media

  • Video: Laureate Education (Producer). (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
    
    Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 38 minutes.

    Early childhood expert and co-author of NAEYC’s seminal Developmentally Appropriate Practice, Sue Bredekamp, Ph.D., discusses the history and meaning of this cornerstone of program quality. Though filmed prior to the most recent edition of Developmentally Appropriate Practice, this video segment remains relevant, stressing the core principles of developmentally appropriate practice and the field’s commitment to continuous improvement.

  Optional Resources

  and co-author of NAEYC’s seminal Developmentally Appropriate Practice, Sue Bredekamp, Ph.D., discusses the history and meaning of this cornerstone of program quality. Though filmed prior to the most recent edition of Developmentally Appropriate Practice, this video segment remains relevant, stressing the core principles of developmentally appropriate practice and the field’s commitment to continuous improvement.

Optional Resources