1. The author defines the notion of curriculum in an official curriculum. Bowdon states the curriculum is documented by curriculum guides, standards, and lists of objectives. She states the current curriculum is used to evaluate students and holding teachers accountable for their practices and results. The questions the manner in which these practices can be accomplished.
2. This piece of literature entitled, The Common Core’s first casualty: Playful learning, appears to be a recommendation for practice from research and theory.
3. The purpose of this article is discuss the importance of learning through play. The author suggests how this developmental approach of learning is being disregarded through the rigorous challenges faced within the Common Core practices.
4. Bowdon states that although the Common Core does not forbid playful learning, early childhood educators find it
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Bowdon cites evidence from developmental psychological studies that suggest playful learning can be more effective for producing student learning than direct instruction. Play allows children to engage in extended interactions that build oral language, imagination, critical thinking, and social skills. Bowdon believes that preserving playful learning in kindergarten is vital and can be accomplished in several ways: By drawing on the expertise of the early childhood community in designing play-based strategies for implementing the Common Core, modifing the standards to reflect the scientific understanding of early childhood development (address social and emotional learning, and flexibility in rate and timing of the curriculum to meet needs of all students), and stop compensating or sanctioning teachers based on standardized test. The philosophical views which informs this article include the experiential and constructivist approach to learning. It is understood that standards must be taught, but they can be accomplished in more meaningful methods and through