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Direct linkLerner, Richard M., Ed.; Jacobs, Fraincine, Ed.; Wertlieb, Donald, Ed. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2005
This course textbook has been adapted from the four-volume "Handbook of Applied Developmental Science" (SAGE 2003), a work that offers a detailed roadmap for action and research in ensuring positive child, youth, and family development. In 20 chapters, "Applied Developmental Science: An Advanced Textbook" brings together theory and application…
Descriptors: Human Services, Graduate Students, Early Intervention, Community Schools
Piper, Paul S., Ed.; Tag, Stan, Ed. – 2003
This book contains 19 personal essays on the role that fathers play in fostering connections between their children and the natural world. Written from the perspective of adult children or of fathers themselves, most essays show how outdoor activities, particularly hunting and fishing, are replicated across the generations and serve to foster…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Environmental Education, Essays
Cole, Ted, Ed.; Daniels, Harry, Ed.; Visser, John, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Responding to disruptive or troubled pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) remains a highly topical issue. The challenges these children present relate to wider issues of continuing political concern: the perceived declining discipline in schools; school and social exclusion; the limits to inclusion for children with special…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Mental Disorders
Download full textDavid, Tricia, Ed. – 1993
This collection of essays analyzes the history, philosophy, and politics of the forms of early childhood provision outside the home for young children in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. In particular, the essays examine the extent to which that provision is considered educational and intended to…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Moen, Phyllis, Ed.; And Others – 1995
Extending the work of behavioral scientist Urie Bronfenbrenner on the social and contextual factors influencing human development, this collection of essays, from scholars in a range of disciplines, shows how Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory and research have transformed the way many social and behavioral scientists approach, think about, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development
Bergen, Doris, Ed. – 1998
The chapters and essays in this book are drawn from the 1988 edition of "Play as a Medium for Learning and Development." The first chapter, "The Challenge of Educational Play," by Bernard Spodek and Olivia N. Saracho, is followed by two essays: (1) "Play and the Origin of Species," (Michael J. Ellis); and (2)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Computer Uses in Education, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education
Haynes, Norris M., Ed. – 1994
This book presents a compilation of papers generated by the research unit of the Comer School Development Program. The program operates from the basic theme that if school staff understand child development and how to organize and manage their school building as a social system, a climate that facilitates learning among the greatest number of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Economic Change, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement
Nadel, Jacqueline, Ed.; Butterworth, George, Ed. – 1999
Modern research has suggested that imitation is a natural mechanism of learning and communication, yet the possibility of imitation in newborn humans has been controversial. This book looks at evidence for innate imitation in babies. The chapters in the first section of the book reassess the Piagetian tradition, especially concerning the relation…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Communication Research
Watkins, William H., Ed.; Lewis, James H., Ed.; Chou, Victoria, Ed. – 2001
This book contains a collection of papers on race in U.S. education written by scholars who believe that improvement in the educational achievement of African American children will not occur by changing the curriculum or achieving desegregation. True change requires innovations based on replacing constructs rooted in past white hegemony and its…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Child Development, Culturally Relevant Education
Peer reviewedGraham, George; And Others – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1992
Nine articles discuss persistent physical education practices that are not in the best interest of children, suggesting developmentally appropriate alternatives. Some topics discussed are sequence of instruction in games, developmentally appropriate dance and gymnastics, social-emotional components, and activities with questionable value. (SM)
Descriptors: Child Development, Dance Education, Developmental Stages, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Chafel, Judith A., Ed.; Riefel, Stuart, Ed. – 1996
Reflecting the complexity of the early childhood education enterprise--classroom practice, teacher preparation, research, and conceptualization--this volume reflects an examination of the literature for illumination as to the value of early education theory and its usefulness to practice. The book has 10 chapters divided into three parts that…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Classroom Environment, Context Effect
National Foundation for Consumer Credit, Silver Spring, MD. – 1990
The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (PL 96-272) provided major federal initiatives to reform the state child welfare system. The goals of the act were to keep families together by providing them with services and to find permanent adoptive homes for children who could not be reunited with their parents. This report examines the…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Child Abuse, Child Development
Elkind, David – 1993
This collection of essays reflects the notion that perceptions of children and childhood shape approaches to education and child rearing. The essays include: (1) "The Child Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow," on how children have been regarded throughout recorded history; (2) "Piaget and Montessori in the Classroom," examining the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
McAdoo, Harriette Pipes, Ed.; McAdoo, John Lewis, Ed. – 1985
The unique experiences and situations that are common to black children and their parents are examined in the 14 papers collected in this volume. The book is organized into five sections, each relecting one of the significant environments within which black children lead their lives: the theoretical, the socioeconomic, the educational, the…
Descriptors: Black Family, Black Youth, Child Development, Educational Environment
Pianta, Robert C., Ed.; Cox, Martha J., Ed.; Snow, Kyle L., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2007
The follow-up to Pianta & Cox's groundbreaking "The Transition to Kindergarten," this book updates readers on what has happened in early childhood education in the past seven years; clarifies influential changes in demographics, policies, and practices; and describes promising early education programs and policies. More than 30 highly respected…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Educational Policy
