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Research
Standards
of Excellence in Early Learning: A Model for Chicago Children's
Museum®
Description:
Conducted over a two-year period with Gyroscope,
Inc., a museum planning, architecture and design firm,
and the Erikson
Institute, a leading graduate school in child development,
this study defines the fundamental relationship between play
and learning, and translates the science of child development
into clear benchmarks for Chicago
Children's Museum's (CCM) exhibits, programs, physical
environment, staff, and role in the community. The goal of
this study is not only to be used to develop and transform
CCM based on these standards, but that it can serve as a model
for all children's museums and informal learning environments.
Usage
Information: A detailed source list is included
so that museums can cite original ideas and copyrighted information.
The Standards of Excellence© will be updated periodically.
Should you use entire sections of the Standards such as the
children's artwork, or sections 1 through 6, please credit
Chicago Children's Museum, Gyroscope Inc. and Erikson Institute,
and notify CCM in writing of your use, intent and audience.
Contact Tamara Katz, Education Program Administrator at tkatz@ChiChildrensMuseum.org.
You do not need to credit or notify CCM for use of portions
of sections, however we remind you to credit any original
idea in all usages.
Chopsticks and Counting Chips: Do
Play and Foundational Skills Need to Compete for the Teacher's
Attention in an Early Childhood Classroom?
Young Children. Bodrava, Elena & Deborah J. Leong.
(May 2003)
The National Study of the Changing
Workforce Bond
James T., Ellen Galinsky, David Prottas & Cindy Thompson.
(2002).Families and Work Institute, New York.
U.S. Census Bureau, Census Special
Reports, Series CENSR/01-1, Mapping Census 2000: The Geography
of U.S. Diversity
U.S. Government Printing Office, Brewer, Cynthia A., &
Trudy A. Suchan. (2001).Washington, D.C.
Arts & Economic Prosperity: The
Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts Organizations and Their
Audiences
Cohen, Randy, Benjamin Davidson, Michelle Brown, Rebecca Costanzo
& Anne Canzonetti. (2002). Americans for the Arts, Washington,
D.C.
Peer Culture in the Preschool
Corsaro, W.A. (1988).Theory into Practice, 27 (1), Mahwah,
NJ.
Language and Play: Natural Partners,
In Play from Birth to Twelve and Beyond: Contexts, Perspectives,
and Meanings, eds.
Davidson, J.I.F. (1998).D.P. Fromberg and D. Bergen, Garland,
New York.
Quality Counts 2005: No Small Change:
Targeting Money Toward Student Performance
Edwards, Virginia B., Lynn Olson & Ronald A. Skinner (editors).
(January 6, 2005).Education Week.
Learning from Museums: Visitor Experiences
and the Making of Meaning, American Association for State
and Local History Book Series
Falk, John H. & Lynn D. Dierking. (2000).Altamira Press,
Walnut-Creek, CA..
The Relationship Between Peer-Play
Interactions in the Family Context and Dimensions of School
Readiness for Low-Income Preschool Children
Fantuzzo, J. & C. McWayne. (2002), Journal of Educational
Psychology, 94 (1).
Garvey, Catherine. (1977). Play, Harvard University Press,
Cambridge, MA. Garvey, Catherine.
Play
ISBN 0-674-67361-1
Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1977 133 pgs. - Out
of Print -Discusses various aspects of play: interaction,
motion and objects.
Sequences in the Development of Competent
Play with Peers: Social and Social Pretend Play
Developmental Psychology, 28 (4).Howes, C. & C.C. Matheson.
(1992).
Private Speech in Two Pre-Schools:
Significance of Open-Ended activities and Make-Believe Play
for Verbal Self-Regulation
Krafft, K.C. & L.E. Burk. (1998).Early Childhood Research
Quarterly, 13 (4).
Toward a Psychology of Positive Youth
Development
American Psychologist, 55, (1).Larson, R.W. (2000).
Intentional and Unintentional Memory
in Young Children: Remembering vs. Playing
Newman, L.S. (1990).Journal of Experimental Child Psychology,
50 (2).
Caregiver-child Interaction in Play
New Directions in Child Development, 59.O'Reilly, A.W. &
M.H. Bornstein. (1993).
Learning in Children's Museums: Is
It Really Happening?
Curator, 44 (3).Puchner, Laurel, Robyn Rapoport & Suzanne
Gaskins. (2001).
Play and Creativity: Developmental
Issues
Russ, Sandra W. (2003).Scandinavian Journal of Educational
Research 47 (3).
Schor, Juliet B. (2004). Born to Buy: The Commercialized
Child and the New Consumer Culture, Scribner, New York.
Shonkoff, Jack P. & Deborah A. Phillips (editors); Committee
on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development,
Board on Children, Youth, and Families and Institute of Medicine.
(2000). From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early
Childhood Development, National Academy Press, Washington,
D.C.
Shore, Rima. (1997). Rethinking the Brain: New Insights into
Early Development, Families and Work Institute, New York.
Sigel, I. (2000). "Educating the Young Thinker Model
from Research to Practice: A Case Study of Program Development,
or the Place of Theory and Research in the Development of
Educational Programs." In Approaches to Early Childhood
Education, 3d ed., Merrill/Macmillian, Columbus, OH.
Smilansky, S. & L. Shefatya. (1990). Facilitating Play:
A Medium for Promoting Cognitive, Socio-Emotional, and Academic
Development in Young Children, Psychological and Educational
Publications, Gaithersburg, MD.
Research Links
Organized
Activity Participation, Positive Youth Development, and the
Over-Scheduling Hypothesis
Mahoney, Joseph L., Angel L. Harris and Jacquelynne S. Ecles.
Social Policy Report, Volume 20, number 4, 2006. The Society
for Research in Child Development. A data-driven look at the
"overscheduling" of children. Newsweek
story.
A
Clinical Report: The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy
Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds
KGinsburgh, MD Ed, and the Committee on Communications and
Commitee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health.
(2006). American Academy of Pediatrics
Report addresses a variety of facors that have reduced free,
child-centered play and offers guidelines on how pediatricians
can advocate for children to ensure play is protected.
A national poll of more than 1,000 parents, conducted by
Peter Hart Research Associates between March 21 and April
1, 1997 was commissioned, and presented by ZERO TO THREE.
The survey is available on the Zero
to Three Web site.
Gifts
of the Muse: Reframing the Debate about the Benefits of the
Arts
McCarthy, Kevin F., Elizabeth H. Ondaatje, Laura Zakaras &
Arthur Brooks. (2005).RAND Corporation.
Girl
Scouts
These Facts and Findings are based on current health trends
for girls emanating from various sources, such as the Girl
Scout Research Institute, Centers for Disease Control, American
Heart Association, and other public agencies, Web sites, and
publications.
Recommended Reading
The Rise of the Creative Class: And
How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday
Life
Florida, Richard. (2002).Basic Books, New York.
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards:
How Our Children REALLY Learn - And Why They Need to Play
More and Memorize Less
Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy, Roberta Michnick
Golinkoff & Diane Eyer. (2003).Rodale, Emmaus, PA.
Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become
Who We Are
Viking Penguin, New York.LeDoux, Joseph. (2002).
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival
of American Community
Putnam, Robert D. (2000). Simon & Schuster, New York.
Hand to Hand Resources
Coming Fall 2006!
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