Embracing Pedagogical Multiplicity: Examining Two Teachers' Instructional Responses to the Changing Expectations for Kindergarten in U.S. Public Schools

From: Journal of Research in Childhood Education | Date: July 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

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The purposes of kindergarten have been changing rapidly in the United States. Kindergarten teachers are facing many new demands; in addition to meeting children's needs across all developmental domains, they must also move their young students toward mastery of a variety of manda ted academic skills. This article presents findings from a recent qualitative study of two kindergarten teachers' efforts to respond to these new demands and to establish practices that are responsive to the needs of their students, to the requirements of their state, and to the myriad obligations and ...

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