The Best Schools: How Human Development Research Should Inform Educational Practice.

By T. Armstrong. 2006

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Citations in the corpus

• Early childhood educators’ use of natural outdoor settings as learning environments: an exploratory study of beliefs, practices, and barriers (2014, background): “…suggesting the developmental importance of play and recent brain research suggesting early childhood should be devoted imaginative, multisensory, and playful learning, play in early childhood programs in the United States appears to be decreasing as academic demands increase (Armstrong 2006).”
• Improving Student Engagement (2011, background): “Standardized testing often leads teachers to teach to the test instead of to learner’s needs, interests, and abilities (Armstrong, 2006) and removes Current Issues in Education Vol. 14 No. 1 22 responsibility and accountability from the learner, a side effect that can disengage learners.”
• Young Children’s Contributions to Sustainability: The Influence of Nature Play on Curiosity, Executive Function Skills, Creative Thinking, and Resilience (2019, background): “Play is a fundamental avenue for early childhood learning and deeply rooted within early childhood education as the primary way for meeting children’s development requirements [15].”