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Este verbo me sigue "penando".
No he podido encontrar una traducción para la acepción que usa el autor del texto, pero en DicionaryReference.com está en inglés. (Ver N°3 y "Obsolete")

in·form
v. in·formed, in·form·ing, in·forms
v. tr.

1. To impart information to; make aware of something: We were informed by mail of the change in plans. The nurse informed me that visiting hours were over.

2. To acquaint (oneself) with knowledge of a subject.

3. To give form or character to; imbue with a quality or an essence: “A society's strength is measured by... its ability to inform a future generation with its moral standards” (Vanity Fair).

4. To be a pervasive presence in; animate: “It is this brash, backroom sensibility that informs his work as a novelist” (Jeff Shear).

Obsolete: To form (the mind or character) by teaching or training.

CONTEXTO:

Because development and learning are so complex, no one theory is sufficient to explain these phenomena. However, a broad-based review of the literature on early childhood education generates a set of principles TO INFORM early childhood practice. Principles are generalizations that are sufficiently reliable that they should be taken into account when making decisions. Following is a list of empirically based principles of child development and learning THAT INFORM and guide decisions about developmentally appropriate practice.

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