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Abstract enPurpose of this study is to examine High Scope early childhood education system which was developed in USA. Accordingly historical reasons underlied the development of High Scope, systems’ educational theory, its’ curriculum and daily program routine, teachers’ characteristics and their responsibilities and High Scope’s evaluation system are defined. High Scope system base on Piaget’s constructivist theory. In this liberal educational system child learn through invent and construct the knowledge through the interaction with objects surrounding him while he is communicating about his interaction with other people around him. High Scope also aim to educate children who are coming from economically disadvantage families and to develop their school readiness for elementary school. Thus they can start elementary school as ready as their middle and upper class peers. Possible implications of High Scope for Turkish early childhood education system were discussed.

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