This monograph presents an oral history of selected aspects of the child development movement, based on interviews with prominent researchers since the 1920's. Topics include reactions to major figures and influences, the relationship of child development to pediatrics and child psychiatry, and the relevance of research to child care practices.…

This paper suggests an extension of the ecological debate to educational issues. Through comparison of different approaches to the evaluation of a television program for pre-school children, it shows how certain approaches to early childhood education share some of the short-term orientation responsible for the environmental crisis. (Editor/RK)

Through discussion and illustrative events, an evolving segment of communication is described during the course of transition of one child's total communication system from the sensorimotor or gestural level at 12 months into the level of use of the adult words "more" and "mine," and associated utterances, at 24 months. (Author/RM)

On the eve of his eightieth birthday, the author talked to Christian Schiller, an inspector for fifty years, who has perhaps had more influence than any other individual on the development of British primary education. (Editor/RK)

Six studies of the reading standards of British school children were critically reviewed, special attention being paid to the statistical analysis and evaluation of results. (Author/RK)

Author reports on the rapid growth of town trails and assesses their value for environmental education. (Editor/RK)

Article considered reasons why projects are attempting to involve parents in child development. (Author/RK)

Article investigated perceptual-motor areas, as they are related to music activities. (RK)

This report discusses studies on the accuracy of parents' judgments of their children's cognitive abilities and preferences, and the relationship of the accuracy of parents' judgments to their child's level of development. Prior research showed that parents have some knowledge of their children's abilities, and that the more accurately parents…

An introductory leadership course in an Ed.D. program in Child and Youth Studies, a redesigned early and middle childhood program at Nova University (Florida), is described. The course's purposes are first, to enable professionals to understand the impact of demographic, social, economic, political, and technological transitions on the…

The manual contains articles about evaluating and addressing the feeding needs of children who have oral-motor dysfunctions. "Helpful Hints for Feeding Children with Oral-Motor Dysfunction" (Janet Wilson) offers 20 suggestions relating to such areas as positioning the child, monitoring food preferences, and attending to oral hygiene.…

This bibliography focuses on the impact of caregiver-infant interaction as a basis for child development. The bibliography is divided into five sections: (1) factors which influence the quality of interactions, (2) components of parent-child interactions, (3) comparison of interaction patterns of children with normal and delayed development, (4)…

Research investigating the development of sex-role identity in children from father-absent families was reviewed using Biller and Borstelmann's (1967) three-fold conceptualization of sex-role identity as sex-role orientation, sex-role preference, and sex-role adoption as an organizational framework. The review revealed that sex-role orientation…

The Centennial School District in Warminster, Pennsylvania, implemented its Two-Year Developmental Kindergarten Program in order to provide education for children identified as "developmentally not ready" for traditional school placement. This document describes the kindergarten program and the process of identifying children for…