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Marianne N. Bloch; Meredith Whye – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2024
The recently revised NAEYC position papers and the fourth edition of NAEYC's Developmentally Appropriate Guidelines (NAEYC. 2022. "Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs: Serving Children from Birth through Age 8," edited by S. Friedman, 4th ed. Washington: National Association for the Education of Young…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Early Childhood Education, Equal Education, Educational Opportunities
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King Thorius, Kathleen A.; Simon, Marsha – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2014
Our commentary responds to the five articles of the special issue on multidisciplinary collaboration to support struggling readers. From our perspectives informed by experiences working with diverse student and family populations in urban settings, preparing pre- and in-service educators and specialists to do the same, and working in federally…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Cooperation, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction
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Fischer, Kurt W. – Early Education and Development, 2012
The paucity of research on learning and development may seem surprising, but it is a pervasive fact. Research relating brain science to learning and development is even sparser, with scant evidence investigating connections between mind, brain, and education. Indeed one reason for the prevalence of neural myths is that so little research links…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Intimacy, Neurology, Brain
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Brostrom, Stig – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2006
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Children, Curriculum Development, Educational Theories
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Preston, Jacqueline – Community Literacy Journal, 2007
This article revisits the debate between cultural and critical literacy through ethnography challenging popular academic views in education and literacy. Set in a preschool classroom at the inception of the "No Child Left Behind" initiative, this essay focuses on teaching assistant Marylou Anderson. Her experiences growing up in…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Aides, Subcultures
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Valkanova, Yordanka; Brehony, Kevin – History of Education, 2006
This article examines the contribution of the Russian Froebelian movement to educational theory and practice in Russia, in the context of the cultural transformation there from the second half of the nineteenth to the beginning of the twentieth century. The Froebel movement had a strong influence on not only the formation of Russian early years…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Theories, Educational Change, Preschool Education
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Taguchi, Hillevi Lenz – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2007
This article theorizes and exemplifies reconceptualized teaching practices, both in early childhood education (ECE) and in a couple of programs within the new Swedish Teacher Education (since 2001). These programs are tightly knit to the last 12 years of reconceptualized early childhood education practices in and around Stockholm, built on…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Ethics
Hein, Christina Judith – Multicultural Education, 2004
The author discerns two trends ruling with many of the teachers, intellectuals, and citizens of the United States. One is the color-blind-myth that Williams (1997) cites in her essay, "The Emperor's New Clothes": "I don't think about color, therefore your problems don't exist," is the phrase that she attributes to this "school of idealism". The…
Descriptors: Racial Relations, Integration Readiness, Racial Attitudes, Constructivism (Learning)