Angeles, Althea Gabrielle B.

HUME 199A - B
2015 – 07182

Assessment of the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Preschool Teachers in Los Baños
on Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP) in Early Childhood Education (ECE)

Early childhood education is an important period for a child’s development. This refers to
the stage from birth up to eight years old. At this young age, the major development of the brain
happens thus the need to educate them. With a proper foundation, children will be able to
develop certain skills and abilities in the different domains such as cognitive, physical,
emotional, and social, that would help them in their life in the future. Thus, the main goal of
preschool is the competence of young children in dealing with life and their total development.
Teachers have a vital role in fulfilling this goal since they are one of the main decision makers on
what strategies and methods should be used inside the classroom.

Developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) is a perspective in early childhood

education that focuses on the entire learning and development of a child. Its core considerations
and principles are based on the different theories and literature regarding the development of
children. Through these principles, teacher may be guided on how to educate young children.
Results of this study will provide information regarding the of knowledge, attitudes and practices
of preschool teachers in Los Baños. Furthermore, this would serve as a basis of the quality of
education given to the young children in the municipality. Also, this would help teachers in
having more options regarding effective methods and strategies of teaching for preschoolers.

This paper generally aims to assess the of knowledge, attitude and practices of teachers
from different preschools about developmentally appropriate practices in early childhood
education. Specifically, it aims to:

1. Explain the importance of Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP) in

Early Childhood Education (ECE)

2. Assess the knowledge of preschool teachers about DAP

 3. Determine the attitudes of preschool teachers towards DAP Identify the methods
and strategies practiced by the preschool teachers

4. Identify factors affecting the teaching methods and strategies of preschool

teachers

5. Recommend methods and strategies of teaching in line with DAP

The possible sources of information of this paper will be gathered from secondary data of
literature regarding DAP and Early Childhood Education. For the presentation of the topic, the
following outline will be used:

I. Title of the Study

II. Objectives of the Study
III. Significance of the Study
IV. Possible Sources of Information
V. Gantt Chart

Below is the visual view of the tasks that needs to be done before the final presentation
using a Gantt Chart. Until September 25, the topic will be finalized. Afterwards, for eight days,
the introduction, review of related literature and methodology are should be written. Then, for
six days, secondary data will be gathered from previous researches and literature. After this, it
will be analyzed and discussed in the paper and the remaining chapters of the paper will be
written in a total of 19 days. The paper should be finalized before the presentation on November
4, 2019.

Start Date Due Date Days September October November

18 20 22 24 26 28 30 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 2 4
Presentation of topic proposal Sep-18 Sep-18 1
Finalization of topic Sep-20 Sep-25 5
Writing of chapters 1-3 Sep-26 04-Oct 8
Data gathering 06-Oct 12-Oct 6
Analyzation and discussion of data gathered 14-Oct 22-Oct 8
Writing of the remaining chapters 20-Oct 02-Nov 12
Seminar Presentation 04-Nov 04-Nov 1