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Direct linkde Ruyter, Doret – Educational Theory, 2007
In this essay, Doret J. de Ruyter defends the claim that parents as well as professional educators need to impart ideals to children in order to realize their wish that children become happy and flourishing adults. The argument consists of two parts. First, de Ruyter shows how ideals are important to construing the meaning of objective goods.…
Descriptors: Values Education, Student Motivation, Children, Parent Role
Peer reviewedGitelman, Honre F.; Rasberry, Gayle Burgess – Reading Teacher, 1986
Describes a contest in which students competed for book prizes. (FL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Motivation Techniques, Parent Role
Peer reviewedLautenschlager, John; Hertz, Karl V. – Reading Teacher, 1984
Outlines a program that helped parents to become active partners in their children's reading development. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Parent Role, Program Content, Program Development
Peer reviewedFriedman, Sheila – Reading Teacher, 1985
Reviews a project in which first-grade children learned to write and became confident, fluent, and enthusiastic writers. Contains examples of their writing. (FL)
Descriptors: Grade 1, Parent Role, Primary Education, Student Improvement
Peer reviewedMiller, Susan A.; Shultz, Eileen – Childhood Education, 1996
Claims that parents and teachers should reinforce students to persist until they master a challenging task. Compares children in America and Asia in terms of perseverance. Provides suggestions to parents on motivating their children to achieve goals. Concludes that it is important to explain to the child a task's difficult aspects, brainstorm new…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Individual Development, Parent Participation
Hay, Ian; And Others – Gifted Education International, 1993
This review of research on motivation and self-perception in gifted students looks at the interaction of motivation with self-perception; effective practices in classrooms and homes for developing children's potential, motivation, and self-esteem; and implications for teachers and parents of gifted and talented children. (DB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Peer reviewedMatthews, Charles E. – Journal of Reading, 1987
Argues that reading aloud to teenagers can provide some of the same benefits that lap reading gives to younger children. (FL)
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Oral Reading, Parent Role, Reading Aloud to Others
Peer reviewedBoston, Jane – Social Studies Review, 1984
Techniques for making geography more relevant to elementary students are discussed. For example, the abstract ideas of latitude and longitude can be taught by having students "live" a grid system, i.e., evenly spaced letters and numerals posted on the classroom walls. An interdisciplinary approach is needed. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Geography Instruction
Ballesteros, Octavio A. – 1979
Issues related to bilingual bicultural education of Mexican American students are discussed in this collection of 26 articles contributed by 12 authors. The anthology focuses on the Mexican American in the Southwest and is intended primarily, though not exclusively, for the reader who is unfamiliar with the Spanish language and culture. Selections…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers
