From Theory to PracticeA Contextual Framework for Understanding Self‐Determination in Early Childhood Environments
作者:
Elizabeth Erwin,
Fredda Brown,
期刊:
Infants & Young Children
(OVID Available online 2003)
卷期:
Volume 16,
issue 1
页码: 77-87
ISSN:0896-3746
年代: 2003
出版商: OVID
关键词: choices;disabilities;early childhood;self-determination;young children
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Acquiring the skills and behaviors associated with self-determination is an important priority for young children with and without disabilities because these skills provide a foundation across the child's life span. These skills play an essential part in creating a high quality of life for a child as well as consistent opportunities to interact with the world in an active, meaningful, and highly personalized way. This article discusses the importance of self-determination for young children, and provides a framework for looking at self-determination across routines in a variety of early childhood settings. This framework is based on the idea that self-determination is a dynamic and contextually based concept. A self-monitoring set of questions is presented that can assist practitioners and families in examining contextual and multiple factors that can impact self-determination across early childhood environments. The questions are framed within three areas: (a) the child's current skills relevant to self-determination, (b) the adult's style and behavior, and (c) the immediate learning environment.
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