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Creating High-Quality Early Childhood Education in Rwanda: Teacher Dispositions, Child-Centred Play, and Culturally Relevant Materials
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Gerde, Hope K.; Apol, Laura; Skibbe, Lori E.; Bucyanna, Carol M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Overcoming challenges to quality early education in developing nations, TEACH Rwanda, one high-performing education system, offers a model of childhood learning through sensitive teacher dispositions, child-centred play, and culturally relevant materials. This manuscript provides a unique window into the practices of a quality early childhood…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Developing Nations, Play
On Becoming a Thinker: An Educational Preschool Program.
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Sigel, Irving E.; Saunders, Ruth A. – Early Child Development and Care, 1983
Indicates types of decisions required for establishing a conceptual model for preschool programing and points out functions of articulated conceptual systems in program analysis. Issues concerning development are discussed, including assimilation/accommodation, the child and the environment, and change in behavior patterns. General principles,…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Principles, Inquiry
Why Some Parent Education Programs for Parents of Gifted Children Succeed and Others Do Not.
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Pearl, Peggy – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Examines four categories of variables influencing the effectiveness of parent education programs for parents of gifted children: (1) content relevancy; (2) teaching techniques; (3) teacher characteristics; and (4) practical considerations. Makes specific suggestions to improve program effectiveness. Maintains that program planning should address…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Children, Gifted, Parent Child Relationship
Education at the Japan Oral School for the Deaf (Nippon Rowa Gakko).
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Kato, Daisuke – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Describes the education of hearing-impaired infants and young children between 0-5 years of age at the Japan Oral School for the Deaf. Summarizes the school's three educational principles: utilization of residual hearing through hearing aids, early identification of hearing loss and early intervention, and auditory-oral interaction for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Daily Living Skills, Deafness, Disability Identification