1. Jalongo & Isenberg, Exploring Your Role, 3e Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 7.1 Chapter 7: Exploring Your Role as a Curriculum Developer

2. Jalongo & Isenberg, Exploring Your Role, 3e Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 7.2 Influences on the Curriculum Social Political Educational

3. Jalongo & Isenberg, Exploring Your Role, 3e Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 7.3 Principles of Developmentally Appropriate and Effective Early Childhood Curricula Provide for all areas of a child’s development Include meaningful content that is worth knowing Culturally relevant Clearly stated outcomes for all children Developed by confident teachers

4. Jalongo & Isenberg, Exploring Your Role, 3e Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 7.4 Early Childhood Curriculum Developers understand and use... their knowledge of children’s growth and development to plan and enhance learning the content they teach to create a curriculum worth teaching teaching strategies that help children become successful learners curriculum for diverse populations their realization that the curriculum reflects their own personal values, beliefs, and expectations, as well as knowledge and pedagogy

5. Jalongo & Isenberg, Exploring Your Role, 3e Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 7.5 The Written Curriculum Content and Performance Standards Content Areas Domains Integrated Curriculum Emergent Curriculum Culturally Responsive Curriculum

6. Jalongo & Isenberg, Exploring Your Role, 3e Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 7.6 Characteristics of Meaningful Curriculum Relevant Promotes active learning Designed by and with children Integrates child development and content knowledge

7. Jalongo & Isenberg, Exploring Your Role, 3e Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 7.7 Building a Meaningful Curriculum Unit Approach Project Approach

8. Jalongo & Isenberg, Exploring Your Role, 3e Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 7.8 Theoretical Perspectives Traditional Knowledge-centered Experiential or learned Behavioral Constructivist