Developmentally Appropriate Practice - NAEYC
2025年1月6日 · The DAP framework is grounded both in the research on child development and learning and in knowledge about educational effectiveness and promotes young children’s optimal learning and development.
Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) Position Statement
Educators who engage in developmentally appropriate practice foster young children’s joyful learning and maximize the opportunities for each and every child to achieve their full potential. Download the Statement (PDF)
DAP: Defining Developmentally Appropriate Practice - NAEYC
NAEYC defines “developmentally appropriate practice” as methods that promote each child’s optimal development and learning through a strengths-based, play-based approach to joyful, engaged learning.
Guidelines for Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Action
The following guidelines for DAP address decisions that early childhood professionals make in six key and interrelated areas of practice.
Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) - NAEYC
The fourth edition of the developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) position statement and book reflect new research that underscores the importance of social, cultural, and historical contexts of development and elevates the need for active engagement through play, exploration, and inquiry in ways that support the whole child. Find ...
Core Considerations to Inform Decision Making | NAEYC
Developmentally appropriate practice requires early childhood educators to seek out and gain knowledge and understanding using three core considerations: commonality, individuality, and experiences.
Principles of Child Development and Learning and Implications
NAEYC’s guidelines and recommendations for developmentally appropriate practice are based on the following nine principles and their implications for early childhood education professional practice.
DAP: Teaching to Enhance Each Child’s Development and Learning …
Developmentally appropriate teaching practices encompass a wide range of skills and strategies that are adapted to the age, development, individual characteristics, and the family and social and cultural contexts of each child served.
DAP: Planning and Implementing an Engaging Curriculum to
DAP curriculum consists of the plans for the learning experiences through which children acquire knowledge, skills, abilities, and understanding.
DAP: Purpose - NAEYC
This position statement, one of five foundational documents developed by NAEYC in collaboration with the early childhood profession to advance high-quality early learning for all young children, defines DAP.