Child-Guided Versus Teacher-Directed Instruction: What’s the Difference? Why It Matters

Lisa Guernsey, is a director of the Early Education Initiative at the New America Foundation and a regular contributor to the Early Ed Watch blog. Ann S. Epstein, PhD., is Senior Director of Curriculum Development HighScope Educational Research Foundation. Dr. Jerlean Daniel is Executive Director of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the nation’s largest organization of early care and education professionals.