child-centered
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- adjective
- /ˈtʃaɪldˌsɛntərd/
- US
:
centrado en el niño
- Teachers who adopt a child-centered approach focus on the individual needs and interests of their students.
- child-centered learning
- child-centered music
- child-centered play
Examples
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Overall, then, young children should be given the opportunity to direct their own learning through child-centered, child-selected activities.
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Making the shift from institutionally centered curriculum to flexible, child-centered curricula will require quality, well-trained teachers.
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The idea of flexible, child-centered early education programs is not new.
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Providing opportunities for children to enjoy and participate in songs should be part of every child-centered music room.
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Here are some ideas and suggestions that will assist early childhood practitioners in implementing child-centered music practices.
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Following child-centered methodologies, the participants could tell about their experienced realities in ways most convenient to them.
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Maxwell has summarized the findings in a manual, Designing Child Care Settings: A Child-Centered Approach.
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Professionals must shift from a child-centered, individualistic approach to a more family-centered and community-centered approach.
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Policy changes consistent with child-centered goals reinforce changes at the caregiver level in some CDCs as well.
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In Germany, Friedrich Froebel used learner-centered, child-centered, experience-based ideas to develop the world's first kindergarten, a school for young children.
Academic text (2003)
How Family-Oriented
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Child-centered combines child and center, where 'center' means 'in the middle' or 'the main focus'. So child-centered describes putting the child at the centre of attention and planning, which is why it means focusing on each child's needs and interests.