Case Studies in Early Childhood Education: Implementing Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Case Studies in Early Childhood EducationRachel Ozretich, Linn Benton Community CollegeLinda BurtSusan M. Doescher, Linn Benton Community CollegeMartha Foster, Linn Benton Community College Helps translate the guidelines of the NAEYC into actual practices. The NAEYC’s guidelines for developmentally appropriate practices are an essential tool to help teachers distinguish between proper and improper teaching methods and in preparing their early childhood curriculum.  This book of cases was written to go one more step in helping teachers–by breaking down these guidelines into actual classroom practices so that pre-service teachers entering their first practicum already have a vision of what developmentally appropriate practices areandhow to implement them.  The cases in the book feature Classroom challenges and also their possible solutionsA diversity of children from diverse familiesAn accompanying matrix that provides the age groups and topics involvedQuestions that are designed to stimulate class discussion and promote critical thinkingA variety of community settings  Rachel Ozretich has been a teacher, researcher, and policy analyst in early childhood education for 24 years, working for Linn Benton Community College (LBCC), Oregon State University (OSU), and the Oregon Commission on Children and Families. Linda Burt was a researcher and faculty instructor at OSU for many years. Sue Doescher has taught and conducted research in early childhood education for over 30 years and currently teaches at LBCC. Martha Foster teaches practicum classes at LBCC and has taught full-time in LBCC’s child development laboratory for 19 years.