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Curriculum Models and Early Childhood Education: Appraising the Relationship

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We know plenty about High/Scope, Montessori, Head Start, and Reggio Emilia,...

...but how much do we really know about Bank Street or DISTAR or Kamii/Devrie's curriculum or the project approach? We can claim some understanding, but this book fleshes out these curriculum like I never seen before. Not only do we see the practical side, but also we see the historical and pedagogical side.

A microminor drawback is the lack of many pictures. This book is so wonderful, though, that it still requires a 5.

This was a required text for my Master's level class. I am used to some pretty complex reading, but for some reason found this text very hard to get a handle on. This was indeed very thorough information, but I had a lot of trouble grasping the big picture of what these curriculum models looked like, especially Developmental-Interaction Approach and Direct Instruction. I can't be more helpful than that because I'm still trying to figure out why this text in particular was so difficult. For the approaches I was already familiar with, like Reggio and Montessori, it was helpful to get the history and details. If you have a firm grasp of curriculum models and are interested in the history, background, philosophy and justification this will probably be fine.