NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 9 results Save | Export
Teachers as Allies: Transformative Practices for Teaching DREAMers and Undocumented Students
Direct linkDirect link
Wong, Shelley, Ed.; Gosnell, Elaisa Sánchez, Ed.; Luu, Anne Marie Foerster, Ed.; Dodson, Lori, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2017
Learn how to engage and advocate for undocumented children and youth with this new resource written by and for teachers. "Teachers as Allies" provides educators with the information and tools they need to involve immigrant students and their American-born siblings and peers in inclusive and transformative classroom experiences. The…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Advocacy, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship
Socioemotional Development in Cultural Context
Direct linkDirect link
Chen, Xinyin, Ed.; Rubin, Kenneth H., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2011
Filling a significant gap in the literature, this book examines the impact of culture on the social behaviors, emotions, and relationships of children around the world. It also explores cultural differences in what is seen as adaptive or maladaptive development. Eminent scholars discuss major theoretical perspectives on culture and development and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Aggression, Social Behavior
Advertising to Children: Concepts and Controversies.
Macklin, M. Carole, Ed.; Carlson, Les, Ed. – 1999
This book presents cutting-edge research designed to stimulate and inform the debate over advertising to the children's market and the effects such advertising has on children. Perspectives are organized in sections to address what children know and think about advertising, how advertising works with children, and what issues are at the forefront…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Childhood Attitudes, Children
Television and the American Family. Second Edition.
Bryant, Jennings, Ed.; Bryant, J. Alison, Ed. – 2001
Noting drastic changes in both television and the family since the 1990 edition, this revised volume provides an extensive consideration of television's role in the American family, from the uses families make of television and how extensions such as remote controls and VCRs affect usage, to the meanings families have for television, families'…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Family (Sociological Unit), Influences, Mass Media Effects
Theme: Changing Perceptions of Aging and the Aged.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Shenk, Dena, Ed.; And Others – Generations, 1993
Special issue includes 20 articles in 3 categories: personal and individual perceptions of aging, varieties of images and perceptions (social, historical, cross-cultural), and institutional responses over time (ageism, federal responses, literature, mass media). (SK)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Attitude Change, Cultural Context, Death
Who Are My Sisters and Brothers? Reflections on Understanding and Welcoming Immigrants and Refugees.
United States Catholic Conference, Washington, DC. – 1996
The essays in this collection are presented as reflections to accompany an educational guide on the response of the Catholic Christian to immigrants and refugees. The following essays are included: (1) "Refugees Today: Rescue or Containment?" (Richard Ryscavage); (2) "Catholic Church Teachings and Documents Regarding Immigration: Theological…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Catholics
Learning or Labouring? A Compilation of Key Texts on Child Work and Basic Education.
Ennew, Judith, Ed. – 1995
Harmonized with UNICEF's efforts to reduce hazardous and exploitative forms of child labor, this compilation of key texts examines the area of child labor and basic education. The articles are organized into four main areas covering ideas, debates, evidence, and case studies. The first part provides some definitions of childhood, work,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Advocacy, Child Labor, Children
For Better and for Worse: Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Children and Families.
Duncan, Greg J., Ed.; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay, Ed. – 2001
Although the 1996 welfare reform bill reduced welfare rolls, falling caseloads do not necessarily mean a better standard of living for families. This book examines the evidence and evaluates whether welfare reform has met one of its chief goals--improving the well-being of the nation's poor children. The chapters of the book are as follows: (1)…
Descriptors: Births to Single Women, Child Rearing, Children, Day Care
Parenthood in America: Undervalued, Underpaid, Under Siege.
Westman, Jack C., Ed. – 2001
Largely missing from debates about family values, childcare, education, and the future of children is the complex vocation called "parenthood." This book examines parenthood in the home, the community, and in society, and identifies parental stressors that have increased since the 1960s, calling on stakeholders to provide help with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Change Strategies, Child Rearing, Childhood Needs