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Tennessee Valley Authority (Land Between the Lakes), Golden Pond, KY. – 1984
Twenty-seven activities have been compiled to assist teachers in incorporating environmental methods and techniques into their preschool curricula. These activities are designed to complement the classroom curriculum and heighten participant awareness and appreciation of environmental resources and relationships. Each activity includes: (1)…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Curriculum Guides, Earth Science, Ecology
Wakefield, Patricia, Comp. – 1984
This report describes the background, organization, design, evaluation, and recommendations of a demonstration project involving a model preschool for 3- to 4-year-old children learning English as a second language (ESL). The impetus for the project was the increase in the number of immigrant children in British Columbia. Objectives were to…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Demonstration Programs, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Coleman, Joyce H. – 1978
This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, the third in a series of 16, provides a course in preschool curriculum planning for bilingual/bicultural preschool teacher trainees. Lesson materials discuss conditions for learning, benefits of good planning, goals of early education and ways of translating goals into learning experiences…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Teachers, Child Caregivers, Competency Based Teacher Education
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Research Information Center. – 1978
This document contains a comprehensive instructional program. Overall objectives for the areas of reading, mathematics, science and language arts/English for pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade education levels are presented. It is suggested that each teacher use the objectives as a basis for planning instructional activities and assessment…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Course Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Early Childhood Education
Fogel, Alan – 1979
This discussion explores some of the emotional factors affecting teachers and children in the educational process and their relationship to early childhood education. One major area of emotional experience in the classroom is related to the child's response to the content of what is being taught. Any novel situation and, in particular, a situation…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Objectives, Attachment Behavior, Early Childhood Education
Download full textCONNOR, FRANCES P.; TALBOT, MABEL E. – 1966
THIS CURRICULUM REPORT IS A DESCRIPTION OF A SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR PRESCHOOL EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN, TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ITS DEVELOPMENT IN EXPERIMENTAL CLASSES IN NEW YORK CITY. THE EXPERIMENTAL CURRICULUM WAS THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE OF A RESEARCH PROJECT TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF GROUP EXPERIENCE UPON YOUNG…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational Research
Sprung, Barbara – 1975
The Women's Action Alliance, established to help translate the growing awareness of sex discrimination into concrete actions and improvements in the lives of women, directed a study of sexist influences and practices in child-care centers in the New York City area and worked with four volunteer centers to develop and test nonsexist materials and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Books, Check Lists, Child Development
Dusewicz, Russell A.; O'Connell, Mary Ann – 1975
A comparative evaluation of the effectiveness of center-based, home-based and parent-based delivery systems for preschool intervention services was undertaken. Over a 5-year period, the Pennsylvania Research in Infant Development and Education Project enrolled more than 170 disadvantaged children in its two principal component programs: the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Day Care Centers
Mann, Marlis E.; And Others – 1974
This monograph describes the curriculum of the child development center of the Early Childhood-Special Education Teacher Preparation Program. The center provides a model preschool program in which teacher trainees work with children, ages 2-6, (several of whom have developmental deficiencies). The curriculum is designed to help teacher trainees…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Competency Based Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education
Nimnicht, Glen; And Others – 1967
Program objectives were to develop children's abilities to deal with everyday and school related problems, and to make them more inner-directed by (1) developing a positive self-image, (2) increasing sensory and perceptual acuity, (3) improving language skills, and (4) improving problem-solving and concept formation abilities. Forty-five…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged
Gavzy, Rita – 1974
This report describes in detail a performance objective curriculum designed to help disadvantaged prekindergarten and kindergarten urban children attain the skills required to be at grade level in reading and mathematics and at the national norm in I.Q. by grade 1. The program is designed to systematically develop students' skills in 10 critical…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Competency Based Education
Honig, Alice S. – 1972
This paper describes the Family Development Research Program, a program combining quality infant day care services with a home visitation component. Particular emphasis in this paper is on the day care center curriculum. Primary goals of the program are: (1) the design and maintenance of optimal environments which nourish an infant's development…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Curriculum Development, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Edwards, Carolyn Pope; Gandini, Lella; Peon-Casanova, Luis; Danielson, Jim – 2003
Noting that Maria Montessori pioneered early childhood education (ECE) reform in Italy, and the surge in innovation in ECE after WWII, this videotape describes the early childhood system in the city of Pistoia, Italy, known for its high-quality and innovative services. The 30-minute video offers footage from 2 of the 9 full-day infant toddler…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Classroom Environment, Creative Development, Early Childhood Education
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; Rothenberg, Dianne, Ed.; Preece, Laurel – Early Childhood Research & Practice: An Internet Journal on the Development, Care, and Education of Young Children, 2003, 2003
Early Childhood Research and Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed Internet-only journal sponsored by the Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. The journal emphasizes articles…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
2003
This document presents the learning goals for children participating in Georgia's prekindergarten program. Twenty-three learning goals with accompanying subgoals are delineated in the following areas: (1) language development; (2) mathematical development; (3) scientific development; (4) creative development; (5) physical development; and (6)…
Descriptors: Creativity, Educational Objectives, Emotional Development, Language Acquisition
