02770nam a2200361Ia 4500 192640 192640 267170 OCoLC 20170221074646.0 010521s2002 nyua b 001 0 eng 2001026689 0807741213 (cloth) 0807741205 (pbk.) DLC DLC IOP WSL LVB spa pcc n-us--- PUXA LB1139.4 .D49 2002 372.19 D4891 21 Developing constructivist early childhood curriculum practical principles and activities Rheta DeVries ... [et al.]. New York Teachers College Press c2002. ix, 250 p. ill. 24 cm. Early childhood education series Includes bibliographical references and index. Play in the early education curriculum : four interpretations Rheta DeVries -- What is constructivist education? Definition and principles of teaching Rheta DeVries -- Assessing and documenting learning in constructivist classrooms Rebecca Edmiaston -- Casting shadows Rheta DeVries, Betty Zan, Rebecca Edmiaston, and Karen Wohlwend -- Exploring the art and science of musical sounds Carolyn Hildebrandt and Betty Zan -- Cooking transformations Betty Zan, Rebecca Edmiaston, and Christina Sales. Experimenting with draining and movement of water in tubes Rheta DeVries, Hyang Lim Kwak, and Christina Sales -- Developing geometric reasoning using pattern blocks Christina Sales and Carolyn Hildebrandt -- Using group games to teach mathematics Carolyn Hildebrandt and Betty Zan -- Variations on a checkers theme Betty Zan. Provides a constructivist interpretation of developmentally appropriate curriculum in early childhood education. Rheta DeVries, one of the founders of constructivist early education, and her colleagues provide the theoretical rationale and practical advice for conducting specific activities in the classroom. Descriptive vignettes are used to show how children's reasoning and teacher interventions are transformed in the course of extended experience with a physical phenomenon or group game. Throughout the book, constructivist teaching is illustrated and contrasted with the approaches found in three other classroom types. Early childhood education Curricula United States. Local 89646 Constructivism Education United States. Local 79938 DeVries, Rheta 86282 Early childhood education series (Teachers College Press) 6 372.19 D4891 0 0 ddc 0 372_190000000000000_D4891 0 evl 212733 10 10 1 2016-05-27 24.00 378650 0 372.19 D4891 80000002214198 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:267170 6