Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
SESSION GUIDE

Title of the Session Developmentally Appropriate Practices and its Implications to K to 12

Duration, Date and 10:00-12:00 AM (2 hours)

Venue July 01, 2021
Conference Hall

Target Participants School heads of Elementary and Secondary schools

and Profile

Objectives of the 1. Understand the concept DAP and its interrelated aspects
Session: 2. Apply the principles of Child Development and Learning that inform DAP
3. Adopt the guidelines of DAP for effective classroom
4. Identify appropriate and not appropriate practices in the classroom

Key Developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) is a framework to teaching grounded in the research on
Understanding/Input how young children develop and learn and in what is known about effective early education. Its
: framework is designed to promote young children’s optimal learning and development. DAP involves
teachers meeting young children where they are, both as individuals and as part of a group; and
helping each child meet challenging and achievable learning goals.
References: National Association for the Education of Young Children
DAP-ELLN
Appropriate Instructional Practice Guidelines, K-12: A Side-by-Side Comparison SHAPE America –
Society of Health and Physical Educators

Objectives/s Key Understanding Methodology / Materials Time

Procedure Allotment
Greetings to
Identify the Developmental appropriateness has three participants…
interrelated aspects of important distinct yet interrelated aspects: Do: Presentation of
DAP age appropriateness, individual Session and session
appropriateness and cultural Objectives Ppt
appropriateness
ACTIVITY: Brainstorming
Group Activity:
Say: Brainstorm on your
understanding of
Developentally
Appropriate Practices. Manila paper 10
Guide questions are pentel pens minutes
shown on the screen: masking tape
1. What practices are posting board
existing in your
classroom/school that
you consider
developmentally
appropriate? Cite at 10
least 3. minutes
2. Why do think they are
appropriate?
3. Presentation of outputs

ANALYSIS:
Based on the 10
presentations, minutes
1. What are the common
assessments done in
the classroom?
ABSTRACTION 1 2. Why they are Slide deck
DAP interrelated Aspects appropriate?
Age Appropriateness refers to the fact that
there are recognizable or predictable (Gather some answers
sequences of growth and change in human from participants)
development from infancy up to adulthood. 10
 ABSTRACTION minutes
Individual Appropriateness is based on the Say: Slide deck
recognition of the child as a unique person Let’s see how our material
with an individual pattern and pace of defined DAP, what are the
growth. identified developmentally
appropriate practices and
Cultural Appropriateness is based on the the aspects of
recognition that children live within a social appropriateness.
and cultural context and that their needs Slide deck
need to be addressed in relation to this. Discuss through the slide
deck:
Apply the principles ABSTRACTION 2 1. Age Appropriateness
of Child Development Developmentally appropriate programs are 2. Individual
and Learning that guided by basic principles about how Appropriateness
inform DAP children learn. The way teachers teach must 3. Cultural 10
be compatible with the way children learn. Appropriateness minutes
Slide deck
Adopt the guidelines ABSTRACTION 3 Present and discuss the 21-37
of DAP for effective Create a caring community of learners. principles of Child
classroom Teach to enhance development and learning. Development and Learning
Plan appropriate curriculum. that inform DAP
Assess children’s development and learning. Say:
Develop reciprocal relationships with To better check the Slide deck
families. appropriateness of the 38-53 15
practice, we need to minutes
Understand the ABSTRACTION consider and be aware of
implications of DAP I Serious investment in capacity building the child development and
the K to 12 activities that will include continuing study learning principles.
of child development and learning in (slide decks) Folders
addition to curriculum development. Strips
Do: Link the discussion to Paste 15
Identify appropriate APPLICATION the guidelines for Photocopied minutes
and not appropriate Serious investment in capacity building developmentally materials
practices in the activities that will include continuing study appropriate practices.
classroom of child development and learning in
addition to curriculum development.
 Further discuss the
implications in the K to 12 15
DAP. minutes

APPLICATION
Using the same grouping,
distribute the materials.
Say:
For the activity identify 15
the given situation by minutes
placing them in the right 10
column for appropriate or minutes
not appropriate practices
in the Elementary, Middle
School and High School

Presentation of outputs
Checking of outputs

CLOSURE
Say:
“The principal goal of
education is to create
people who are
capable of new things...
people who are creative,
inventive
and discoverers.” --Jean
Piaget

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Learning Facilitator School Head