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Howe, Nina – Child Development, 1991
Observed 32 preschoolers' interactions with their toddler siblings. Preschoolers' references about emotions were more likely to be about the toddler than the self. Preschoolers who were skillful perspective takers talked more about internal emotional states and more frequently about the toddler and themselves than did poor perspective takers. (BC)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Perspective Taking, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Witt, Norbert – Educational Research and Reviews, 2007
The statement in the title, what if Indigenous Knowledge contradicts accepted scientific findings (Fowler, 2000), is an expression of the dilemma people who research Indigenous Knowledge think they find themselves in when they are confronted with different interpretations of what it means to be human, or, as I may summarize it, with different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Philosophy, Cultural Context, Indigenous Knowledge
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MacGregor, Ronald N. – Studies in Art Education, 1985
A Canadian art educator remarks on three aspects of discipline-based art education (DBAE): (1) the nature and scale of the Getty Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts; (2) perceived problems in the development and implementation of DBAE projects currently under way; and (3) the possibility of establishing DBAE. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kelly, Deirdre M.; Pomerantz, Shauna; Currie, Dawn H. – Youth & Society, 2006
This article explores girls' learning about issues of femininity that takes place in the presence of others online, connected through chat rooms, instant messaging, and role-playing games. Informed by critical and poststructuralist feminist theorizing of gendered subjectivity, agency, and power, the article draws from qualitative interviews with…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Interviews, Females, Foreign Countries
Borys, Shelley; Ross, Michael – 1987
Children's interpretations of social experiences were compared to adults' interpretations of the same experiences in a study involving 151 children between 6 and 12 years of age and the mothers of a subsample of 43 of the children. Seventy-six participating children were asked to describe some of their social experiences and generate attributions…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Childhood Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Eaton, Warren O.; Von Bargen, Donna – Child Development, 1981
Development of gender understanding in preschool age children was studied over eight months. Understanding appeared to follow an orderly sequence according to the person referred to: first, when the self was the referent; second, when a same-sex other; third, when an opposite-sex other. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Perspective Taking
Steibe, Susan C.; And Others – Canadian Counsellor, 1979
The state-trait model was applied to empathy training, which was seen as resulting in a change in trainees' state empathy level. Successful trainees were differentiated and predicted on the basis of young age, high level of trait empathy, and high perception of the empathic functioning of the trainer. (Author)
Descriptors: Age, Counselor Training, Empathy, Foreign Countries
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Wilson, Stan – Canadian Social Studies, 1998
Identifies differences between Canada Native religions and Christianity in order to explore the true definition of spirituality. Believes that nature should be considered the equal of humans and deems the natural world as sacred. Concludes that students in social studies classrooms should learn about Native perspectives to help them understand…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Canada Natives, Christianity, Elementary Secondary Education
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Pedersen, Paul B. – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 2001
Discusses the profound changes taking place in the field of psychology and suggests that multicultural perspectives and controversies are mediating these changes. Also suggests that a culture-centered perspective for the future will emerge as a "fourth force" to complement and strengthen the three conventional theories of psychodynamism,…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Counseling Theories, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism
Hassard, J. Harvey; Costar, James W. – Canadian Counsellor, 1977
Secondary school principals are significant determiners of counsellor role. Principals' expectations of secondary school counsellors include administrative support, information source, effective relationships and delivery of guidance services. It is crucial that principals, counsellors and teachers understand their respective roles through…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Foreign Countries, Perspective Taking, Principals
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Rubin, Kenneth H. – Child Development, 1982
Examines the social, cognitive, and social-cognitive correlates of nonsocial play in 122 four-year-olds observed for 20 minutes during free play. Subjects were given a role-taking test and tests of social and impersonal problem-solving skills. Sociometric popularity and social competence, as rated by teachers, were also assessed. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Perspective Taking
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Walker, Lawrence J. – Child Development, 1980
Examines Kohlberg's proposition that both cognitive and perspective-taking development are necessary but not sufficient conditions for moral development by attempting to stimulate moral development. Results are interpreted as confirming Kohlberg's proposition. (RMH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Nagel, Michael C. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2004
Over the last four decades, research in environmental education (EE) has offered valuable theoretical insights spanning a number of pedagogical and philosophical arenas. EE literature offers expansive accounts of projects looking at a multiplicity of factors involved in bringing EE to the forefront of educational endeavour. Within all this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Environmental Education, Children
Tierney, Mary C.; Edge, Lesley – 1981
Some older adults experience difficulty in decentering their own viewpoint on tasks requiring spatial and communicative role-taking. To examine the social perspective-taking skills of older adults and the kinds of strategies older people would suggest to solve social dilemmas, adults were interviewed about their typical interpersonal problems. A…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Egocentrism, Foreign Countries
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Strayer, Janet – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Investigated North American children's and adults' familiarity with, and liking for, fairy tales. Results support the hypotheses that children's liking for fairy tales relates significantly to their involvement in imagining activities and that more general imagining involvements are likely to be associated with, or to mediate differences in, the…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Emotional Development
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