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ERIC ED550409: Principles and Exemplars for Integrating Developmental Sciences Knowledge into Educator Preparation. [Brief]

Recently, in an effort to improve the education and subsequent life opportunities of our nation's children, 48 states have committed to use newly developed, common national academic standards and possibly institute some common measures for assessing student learning related to these standards. This is an impressive undertaking. However, research over the past decade indicates that this effort is more likely to be successful if it is grounded more deeply in the science and principles of the developmental sciences. A recent report by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) says "current research points to the fact that aspects of development--neural, cognitive, social, psychological, physical and ethical--have far-reaching effects on children's ability to learn." In other words, educators need access to scientifically based knowledge about how students develop and learn in order to improve students' ability to engage with and learn from the curriculum. But many educators--teachers and administrators--have not been prepared to understand and apply developmental sciences knowledge in their classrooms and schools. This brief focuses on how professional educ

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