Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood ...

both in the research on child development and learning and in the knowledge base regarding educational effectiveness, the framework outlines practice that promotes young children’s optimal learning and development. Since its first adoption in 1986, this framework has been known as devel-opmentally appropriate practice.1

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