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HERE WE GO with the Final Work Product.I worked very hard on this particular project and was thus able to finish about a day early (appropriate, I hope, for early childhood education).Please don't be "put off" by the length of the essay (five pages of text -- with a cover page and a reference page). The Assignment was much more intricate than I realized at first glance.If you accomplish half the things outlined at that earnest, ambitious website, you will be forever my hero, and that of many children I assure you. :) ALL the BEST/Increase the Peace -- tutor/sedonadoc *****
Running head: HOPE BEYOND HYPE
Developing Hope Beyond Hype: Core Elements of Developmentally Appropriate Practice [DAP]
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HOPE BEYOND HYPE
Developing Hope Beyond Hype: Core Elements of Developmentally Appropriate Practice [DAP]
In the paradigm of such peculiarly precise parameters of learning, the overarching
organization’s stated intentions and dedicated delineations are paramount before the
student/researcher even attempts a personal rewording or paraphrasing: Thus, Developmentally
Appropriate Practice (DAP) is “teaching young people in ways that meet children where they
are, as individuals and a group; (and in ways that) support each child in attaining challenges and
achievable goals that contribute to his or her ongoing development and learning” (National
Association for the Education of Young Children [NAEYC], 2011).
Further, there are five guideposts: “Creating a caring community of learners; 2) teaching to
enhance development and learning; 3) planning appropriate curricula; 4) assessing children’s
development and learning; and, 5) developing reciprocal relationships with families” (NAEYC,
2011).
Now, at this juncture, the student is qualified to interact, definition-wise, and thematically
rehash somewhat the recipe which NAEYC has left proverbially upon the stovetop, taking care
to proffer a fresh perspective: DAP is a symbiotic synergy and synthesis, not any one item or
single agenda but a tactical amalgam of factors which form a process and not a policy or
program. At each and every turn, it is ongoing and inclusive. These key twin terms keep popping
up repeatedly in the (e)literature provided by NAEYC and, especially, in its...