This trio was in charge?

Bill Clinton's State of the Union Speech
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Madeleine Albright was the first female Secretary of State?

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The first book in the Harry Potter series was released?

Teletubbies seemed to captivate young children but annoyed the heck out of any adult in earshot?

Mike Tyson took a bite out of Evander Holyfield’s ear?

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Steve Jobs looked like this and Microsoft bailed out Apple?

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Gas was $1.25 a gallon?

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ER was the top show on TV and everyone was watching...

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All the kids were playing with...

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The world mourned the loss of...

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and celebrated the wins of...

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The English Patient won the Oscar for Best Picture...

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and some of the best and worst movies were released?

• Titanic
• Good Will Hunting
• Flubber
• Scream

Eric Clapton and Baby Face won a Grammy for Change the World...

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and NAEYC sought to change the world for young children with the 1997 revised position statement, Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs

Highlights from the 1997 Position Statement

In this assignment, you are asked to compare parts of the NAEYC 1997 and 2009 position statements on developmentally appropriate practice for young children ages birth through 8. These position statements can be found in the materials section of the “Start Here” page. The 1997 Position Statement was a revision to the original NAEYC Position Statement published in 1986. Many of the changes incorporated to the 1997 revison were in response to changes in American society at that time. Your assignment is to use the “Revisions Comparison Chart” to compare selected pages of the 1997 and 2009 documents, list key revisions and provide a rationale for why you think the changes were made.

Read only the parts of the position statements identified below-

1997 DAP Position Statement pp. 1-5 and 10-17 (You do not need to read the principles of child development and learning for this training.)

2009 DAP Position Statement pp. 1-10 and 16-24 (You do not need to read the principles of child development and learning for this training.)

To provide you with an example of what we are looking for, we have completed a comparison of the 1986 Position Statement to the 1997 revision. Use the blank Revision Comparison Chart to complete your assignment. Turn it in via the Assignment Dropbox as an attachment. Feel free to ask your facilitator for clarifications by using the Isidore Email.

REVISION COMPARISON CHART
The 1997 edition includes the following revision:	Rationale for or benefit of the change
It is more inclusive of cultural differences	One key area that was identified as problematic was the lack of understanding of cultural differences. Bias was found to exist in the 1986 edition because the specific needs of African-American children were overlooked and a Eurocentric perspective was emphasized.
It increased critical reflection by moving from an “either/or” to a “both/and” decision making framework	In response to criticism of the 1986 edition, the 1997 revision moved away from the “either/or” view of DAP. Instead of categorizing practice in absolutes as either appropriate or inappropriate practice, the 1997 edition incorporated a “both/and” framework of decision-making. This required that decisions about developmentally appropriate practice involved critical reflection versus a prescriptive list of absolutes.
It added five interrelated dimensions of early childhood practice	Recognizing that the field of early childhood is very complex and there was a strong need to tear down the silos and blend the practice of the birth to 5 Piagetian purist with the teacher directed and hierarchical views of school age practitioners. These new dimensions emphasized: the unique relationships in the early childhood classrooms the need to support both development and learning the need to create curriculum that included content and developmentally appropriate strategies the use of assessment as a means of informing instruction the importance of relationships with families These dimensions opened the dialog to begin the debate and make meaning of controversial issues that faced the field such as: teaching credentials and the career lattice teacher-directed versus child-directed practices academic content standards and push down curriculum school readiness program evaluation, accountability and assessment the role of families and culture in developmentally appropriate practice including children with special learning needs discoveries related to brain development