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Miller, Faith; Prins, Esther – Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy, 2009
Interactive Literacy Activities, or ILAs, broadly refer to activities that facilitate interaction between adults and children for the purpose of promoting literacy and language development. It is essential to make ILAs developmentally and culturally appropriate for children and to use an approach that integrates various activities in order to…
Descriptors: Interaction, Literacy Education, Language Acquisition, Developmentally Appropriate Practices

Day, C. William – CEFP Journal, 1980
Reviews what is known about the effects on students of thermal, visual, and acoustical elements in classrooms. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Carpeting, Classroom Environment, Educational Facilities Planning
Rovegno, Inez – Quest, 2008
My charge is to discuss the challenges and significant research questions for pedagogy. I believe the top challenges we face are to address inequitable opportunities to learn and participate in physical activities and to improve the quality of teachers and physical education, especially for those children and adolescents who feel alienated and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Agenda Setting, Research Needs
Marks, Susan Unok – Phi Delta Kappan, 2008
Contrary to what many people assume, students with intellectual disabilities are capable of directing some aspects of their own lives. This author argues that if people are to create democratic classrooms, they must promote self-determination for all students. In this article, she discusses the significance of self-determination for students with…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Lifelong Learning, Self Determination, Student Rights
Lewis, Todd F. – College Student Journal, 2008
Research has established that student-athletes drink more alcohol and experience greater consequences compared to their non-athlete peers, prompting many investigators to consider university athletes an "at risk" subpopulation of college students. However, a dearth of research exists on explaining drinking behavior among student-athletes…
Descriptors: Athletes, Drinking, Discriminant Analysis, Leadership
Austin, Manila S.; Harkins, Debra A. – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to measure the effectiveness and practical utility of an organizational learning intervention for an organization that was not progressive, was not specifically chartered as a learning organization, and was situated in an urban, culturally diverse, and under-privileged community. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Intervention, Organizational Change, Organizational Climate
Myck-Wayne, Janice – Young Exceptional Children, 2010
This article provides early childhood practitioners a way to develop a common understanding of the importance of play in the early learning experience of young children. Meaningful discussion among teachers, parents, administrators, and teacher candidates regarding play in early childhood education programs is critical to ensure the growth and…
Descriptors: Play, Early Childhood Education, Disabilities, Young Children
Rowe, Fiona; Stewart, Donald; Patterson, Carla – Health Education, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework to demonstrate the contribution of whole school approaches embodied by the health-promoting school approach, to the promotion of school connectedness, defined as the cohesiveness between diverse groups in the school community, including students, families, school staff and the wider…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Democracy, Social Sciences, Physical Environment
Taylor, Edward W.; Neill, Amanda C. – Journal of Museum Education, 2008
The study of adult education has much to offer museum education, particularly from the lens of nonformal education--education that takes place outside formal educational settings. Through analysis of two case studies of nonformal education at museums (parks, historical sites, and cultural institutions), findings reveal a much more complex picture…
Descriptors: Nonformal Education, Cultural Centers, Museums, Adult Education
Harnett, Paul; Day, Crispin – Clinical Psychologist, 2008
The prevalence of child abuse and neglect is an international concern that justifies the existence of child protection systems. An important first principle for all such statutory child protection systems is to ensure that the system itself does no further harm. It can be argued that there are specific circumstances within which well-meaning…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Foreign Countries, Child Safety, Intervention
Goldberg, Abbie E.; Smith, JuliAnna Z. – Family Relations, 2008
This study examines predictors of social support and mental health among 36 lesbian and 39 heterosexual couples who were waiting to adopt. Lesbian preadoptive partners perceived less support from family than heterosexual partners but similar levels of support from friends. Lesbian and heterosexual partners reported similar levels of well-being.…
Descriptors: Adoption, Depression (Psychology), Social Support Groups, Homosexuality
Bowers, J. Howard; Burkett, Charles W. – 1987
Research findings indicate that students are affected positively or adversely by the visual, acoustical, and thermal characteristics of the classroom environment. During the 1986-87 school year, 280 fourth- and sixth-grade students housed in two separate school facilities--the oldest and the newest in a rural Tennessee county school district--were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acoustical Environment, Attendance, Classroom Environment
Pont, Beatriz; Figueroa, Diana Toledo; Zapata, Juliana; Albiser, Etienne; Fraccola, Sylvain – OECD Publishing, 2013
This policy profile on education in Mexico is part of the "Education Policy Outlook" series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Building on the OECD's substantial comparative and sectoral knowledge base, the series…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Improvement
Arnold, Cath – SAGE Publications (UK), 2010
This book makes explicit connections between young children's spontaneous repeated actions and their representations of their emotional worlds. Drawing on the literature on schemas, attachment theory and family contexts, the author takes schema theory into the territory of the emotions, making it relevant to the social and emotional development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Emotional Development
Gaytan, Francisco X.; Carhill, Avary; Suarez-Orozco, Carola – Prevention Researcher, 2007
In 2000 there were 2.84 million foreign-born U.S. residents under the age of 18 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2001). Although many common themes are embodied in the immigrant experience, enormous diversity exists among newcomer families with important implications for the development and adaptation of youth. The adaptation experience of immigrant youth can…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Cultural Differences, Longitudinal Studies, Student Adjustment