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Direct linkBronfenbrenner, Urie, Ed. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2004
To a greater extent than any other species, human beings create the environments that, in turn, shape their own development. This book endeavors to demonstrate that human beings can also develop those environments to optimize their most constructive genetic potentials. What makes human beings human, therefore, is both the potential to shape their…
Descriptors: Heredity, Social Status, Psychologists, Systems Approach
Carini, Patricia F. – 2001
This book is a collection of essays in which the author counters high-stakes testing, the pathologizing of children, and the unrelenting critique of public schools with a persuasive account of how children actively make sense of the world and their experience through the making of works, such as drawings, constructions, and writings. The book is…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Childrens Art, Childrens Writing
Reddy, Linda A., Ed.; Files-Hall, Tara M., Ed.; Schaefer, Charles E., Ed. – APA Books, 2005
"Empirically Based Play Interventions for Children" is a compilation of innovative, well-designed play interventions, presented for the first time in one text. Play therapy is the oldest and most popular form of child therapy in clinical practice and is widely considered by practitioners to be uniquely responsive to children's developmental needs.…
Descriptors: Play, Therapy, Intervention, Children
Frost, Joe L.; And Others – Parks and Recreation, 1997
This collection of seven articles focuses on playgrounds, looking at such issues as the importance of play in child development, playground injuries and safety (including international playground safety), community playground improvement projects, and shock-absorbing playground surfaces. (SM)
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Child Development, Child Health, Children
Duncan, Greg J., Ed.; Murnane, Richard, Ed. – Russell Sage Foundation, 2011
As the incomes of affluent and poor families have diverged over the past three decades, so too has the educational performance of their children. But how exactly do the forces of rising inequality affect the educational attainment and life chances of low-income children? In "Whither Opportunity?" a distinguished team of economists,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Community Characteristics, Neighborhoods, Behavior Problems
Garcia, Eugene E., Ed.; And Others – 1995
Geared toward early childhood educators, reading and writing teachers, bilingual and English as a Second Language teachers, and to courses in these fields, this yearbook examines the issues of linguistic and cultural diversity in early childhood programs. Following an introduction (Eugene Garcia and Barry McLaughlin) on the cultural context…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Development, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
Cohen, Monroe D., Ed. – 1978
This collection of materials is designed to assist those who work with early adolescents in a variety of educational settings. The articles address the following areas of concern: (1) student-teacher relationships; (2) physical growth and development; (3) adolescent needs in terms of self, family, peers, and society; and (4) nutritional patterns…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Child Development, Childhood Needs
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, Ypsilanti, MI. – 2000
Current debates regarding teaching children to read are centered around the most effective way to establish a foundation for literacy in the early years. This document is comprised of a set of three position papers on how the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation teaches young children to read in its infant-toddler, preschool, and early…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy
Download full textChen, Shing-Jen, Ed.; Murohashi, Harumitsu, Ed.; Fujino, Yuki, Ed. – 2002
This annual report presents several articles related to the work of the Clinical Center for Child Development at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. The articles are: (1) "Joint Attention as a System Property of the Infant-Caregiver Interaction System"(Tsuneda Miho and Shing-Jen Chen); (2) "Age-Related Change in Japanese Maternal…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Age Differences, Attention, Auditory Perception
Spodek, Bernard, Ed. – 1993
This handbook is a compendium of current research findings in early childhood education (ECE) and contains 33 essays, divided into 4 parts, by leading scholars in the field. After a brief introduction, part 1 addresses child development and early education in five chapters: "Cognitive Development and ECE"; "Motor Development and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Methods
Wakai, Kunio, Ed. – 1993
This annual report presents six research articles on child development. The articles and their authors are: (1) "Beyond Psychological Limits: Applying Human Development in Education" (John Kirkland); (2) "Beyond Reductionism: Directions toward Understanding Children" (Frank Self); (3) "A Psychometric Examination of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Child Development, Child Psychology
PDF pending restorationMauriras-Bousquet, Martine; And Others – 1988
This collection of six articles focuses on the importance of play in the education of young children. First, Martine Mauriras-Bousquet provides examples from her work in Asia and Africa to stress the need to preserve children's free play in order to safeguard their cultural identity. Next, Jayananda Ratnaike lists a variety of ways in which…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Games, Developing Nations, Early Childhood Education
McKee, Judy Spitler, Ed. – 1986
This volume is a collection of nine papers focusing on different aspects of play. The first section, "Play, Growth, Development, and Learning," contains discussions dealing with make-believe play and learning; an all-in-fun approach to thinking, playing, and language learning for young children; and ways children learn through play. The…
Descriptors: Activities, Bibliographies, Child Abuse, Child Development
Joyner, Edward T., Ed.; Ben-Avie, Michael, Ed.; Comer, James P., Ed. – Corwin Press, 2004
For more than 35 years, the Yale School Development Program (SDP) has been pioneering the Comer Process for planned change in schools. From initial planning and preparation, through foundation building, transformation, institutionalization, and renewal, the Comer Process provides school leaders with a comprehensive and effective framework for…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Parents, Instructional Leadership, Administrative Organization
Koralek, Derry – National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2004
The articles in this engaging volume, mostly from Young Children, address the purposes of and uses for assessment. Expert commentary from Marian Marion, Gayle Mindes, Richard Clifford, Diane Trister Dodge and others offers an overview of the topic and specific examples to show how assessment informs and improves practice in early childhood…
Descriptors: Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
