What Do Early Childhood Principles Imply for the Middle School?

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1 What Do Early Childhood Principles Imply for the Middle School? Steven Silvern and Jon Wiles "In the past two decades two educational movements early childhood and middle school have stressed the growth and de velopment philosophy of continuity in learning." A better understanding of the developmental philosophy by those in mid dle school work may help to strengthen and extend the effectiveness of such pro grams in actual practice.

2 Popular Aspects of Early Childhood Programs/ Using a Human Development Theory Base

3 lanning Guidelines for Middle School Education ( "The major contribitfion of early childhood programs for the middle school is the dem onstration that learning environments can be constructed to facilitate continuous de velopment in the learner."

4 "It is crucial that the educational planner note the rapidly changing interest patterns of the preadolescent, for such change de mands an element of choice in most learn ing activities." Problems Associated with the Early Education Model

5 Benefits Associated with the Early Education Model EDUCATIONAL FUTURES I, II, AND III Book I: Imagining and Inventing Book II: Options and Alternatives Book III: Change and Reality l/4 g Order from The ANVIL PRESS Millville, MN

6 s p fii References eview of Child Development Research. N t at. " esearch Relating to Children. ntelligence and Experience. N he Living Classroom. N sychology of Intelligence. T lanning Guidelines for Middle School Edu cation. D Steven Silvern (top) is Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Educa-' tion, Auburn Univer sity, Auburn, Alabama. Ion Wiles is Assistant Dean and Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Montana, Missoula. 666

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