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Illegal; Dreamer; Home For Refugees, Ana Herrera
Illegal; Dreamer; Home For Refugees, Ana Herrera
Journal of Multicultural Affairs
A collection of three poems focusing on the critical social issue of immigration in order to educate young children. Each poem consists of a different issue in the wide range of topics of immigration. The topics include: deportation of illegal immigrants, the DREAM Act, and homing refugees in the United States from countries of war.
Developmentally Appropriate Practice In The 21st Century, Kay Sanders, Flora Farago
Developmentally Appropriate Practice In The 21st Century, Kay Sanders, Flora Farago
Faculty Publications
Developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) is a set of early childhood curricular recommendations published by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). DAP was introduced in the United States in the late 1980s through Bredekamp’s (1987) seminal work, “Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8.” Since the initial publication, DAP has been widely accepted as the standard for early childhood educational practice in the United States and in Westernized countries around the world. Whereas proponents of DAP assert its positive influence on children, those more critical of DAP question whether it …