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"It Was...the Word 'Scrotum' on the First Page": Educators' Perspectives of Controversial Literature
Kimmel, Sue C.; Hartsfield, Danielle E. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2019
Preemptive censorship occurs when educators avoid particular books because they dislike the ideas or values the books contain or fear the controversy the books may evoke. Although not as blatant as other forms of censorship, preemptive censorship has the unfortunate consequence of restricting children's access to ideas and information. Moreover,…
Descriptors: Censorship, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Reading Material Selection, Childrens Literature
Horn, Eva; Parks, Stephanie; An, Zhe – Advances in Special Education, 2019
Ensuring that young children with severe and multiple disabilities are active participants in all aspects of their lives and that they make meaningful progress toward valued life outcomes can be a daunting endeavor for families and early educators. In this chapter, we describe evidence-based strategies that can be harnessed to ensure that each…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Special Education, Young Children, Severe Disabilities
Samuels, G. M.; Cerven, C.; Curry, S.; Robinson, S. R.; Patel, S. – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2019
This Research-to-Impact brief is the sixth in a series by Chapin Hall's Voices of Youth Count on understanding and addressing youth homelessness. This brief draws exclusively on the in-depth interview (IDI) component from Voices of Youth Count. The 215 young people that were interviewed across five diverse U.S. counties shared stories of…
Descriptors: Youth, Homeless People, Individual Needs, Family Needs
Pickering, Joyce – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2017
In "The Absorbent Mind," Montessori (1967) described the early development of children between birth and 3 years of age as proceeding along different tracks. For example, coordination might be developing typically, while language and speech may show delays of disorder and attention and perception may be below average for typical…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Learning Problems, Child Development, Early Childhood Education
Lynch, Timothy; Soukup, Gregory J., Sr. – Cogent Education, 2017
Quality physical education (QPE) in primary school optimises children's well-being. However, international research indicates that the preparation of classroom teachers is impeded by systemic barriers, resulting in low-classroom teacher confidence, competence and subsequent interest. This empirical research investigates school principal…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Administrator Attitudes, Classroom Techniques, Program Implementation
Stein, Marc L. – Education and Urban Society, 2017
This article presents an evaluation of the first 2 years of a research-based summer learning program that provided self-selected and developmentally appropriate books to students in low-income and low-resource elementary schools by a local philanthropic organization in a large urban district. The evaluation found evidence of a positive effect of…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Summer Programs, Urban Youth, Reading Achievement
Repko-Erwin, Melia E. – Global Education Review, 2017
Since the passage of "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) in 2001, public schools in the United States have witnessed an influx of reforms intended to elevate students' academic standing in a global economy. The unprecedented federal involvement in education resulting from the passage of NCLB has propelled a nationwide movement to standardize…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Public Schools, Literature Reviews, Academic Standards
Keil, Valerie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Some children struggle to learn the academic skill of reading. Providing effective assistance to struggling students, especially to English Language Learners (ELLs), can be a challenge for teachers. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of childcare programs on the reading achievement of ELLs in kindergarten and first grade.…
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Reading Achievement, English Language Learners, Early Childhood Education
Sargent, Amanda R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Instructional technology use in United States preschool classrooms remains a limited and widely debated practice. In urban communities, preparing preschool students for academic, social, and economic success is further threatened by the well-documented digital divide. This qualitative phenomenological study included ten subjects and examined the…
Descriptors: Urban Teaching, Preschool Teachers, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
Douglas H. Clements; Karen C. Fuson; Julie Sarama – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2017
Teachers are on the front line in any educational controversy. Increasingly, some bloggers, newspaper articles, and other media have criticized the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) (CCSSI 2010) as being inappropriate for children in kindergarten and first grade. However, both research and expert practice reveal that children are…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
Cefai, Carmel; Downes, Paul; Cavioni, Valeria – European Commission, 2021
This analytical report seeks to address the evident gap in the formative assessment of social and emotional education by providing a framework indicating how social and emotional education may be assessed through a whole-school approach, both at individual (learner) and contextual (classroom climate and whole school system) levels, accompanied by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Formative Evaluation, Holistic Approach
King, Pete; Howard, Justine – American Journal of Play, 2016
The authors explore the use of three basic tenets from Self-Determination Theory--competence, relatedness, and autonomy--for a definition of play that resists the current popular call for play to be freely chosen. They explore whether free play truly exists and whether complete choice constitutes an absolute requirement for children to consider…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Play, Student Motivation, Children
Swalwell, Katy – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
This paper examines the experiences of educators at a progressive independent elementary school engaged in a collaborative action research project to learn about social class. Rooted in a framework of radical economic education, their study group had a positive impact on their confidence and content knowledge and mapped the significant challenges…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Social Class, Teaching Methods
Murakami, Christopher Daniel; Su-Russell, Chang; Manfra, Louis – Journal of Environmental Education, 2018
Learning gardens can provide dynamic learning and developmental experiences for young children. This case study of 12 early childhood teachers explores how teachers describe (1) learning across numerous school readiness domains and (2) how to support this learning by promoting opportunities for autonomy, relatedness, and competence. Participants…
Descriptors: Gardening, Teaching Methods, Young Children, Early Childhood Education
Franko, Meg Deane; Zhang, Duan; Hesbol, Kristina – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2018
This study explored children's experiences of instructional alignment from prekindergarten through kindergarten. Using cluster analysis to analyze data from over 1300 children in the 2009 Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey, the study found that children have distinct and definable experiences of prekindergarten-kindergarten alignment,…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Educational Trends