Developing Constructivist Early Childhood Curriculum: Practical Principles and Activities

by Rheta Devries, Betty Zan, Rebecca Edmiaston, et al.

This timely volume 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807741205
• ISBN13: 9780807741207
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent!!

This book is great! It has a lot of fantastic ideas as well as gives teachers a look at what constructivist early childhood curriculum and teaching really is. I definately recommend it!!

"The Constructivist Teacher's Bible"

As a novice constructivist practitioner, I consider this as my "Constructivist Teacher's Bible". PRACTICAL application of the philosophy/theories. Amen! Still in doubt? Here's a tip : When you visit a school which practices a constructivist curriculum, check out the school's administrators/teachers' library. Chances are you'd see a copy of this book (probably alongside the theory-laden "100 Languages..") on the shelf. Enough said!