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Direct linkRiojas-Cortez, Mari; Flores, Belinda; Clark, Ellen – Young Children, 2003
For Week of the Young Child, a Texas school offers a bilingual parent institute to nurture school-family relationships, demonstrate and build on school respect for home cultures, and foster community awareness of early childhood education. Families recognize the learning for children inherent in daily routines, learn teaching techniques, and feel…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Family Environment, Parent Role
Haeseler, Lisa Ann – Reading Improvement, 2006
Elementary school teachers must clearly understand that many children of domestic violence abuse are struggling with abuse issues at home along with literacy learning at school. This article will demonstrate how a child from an adverse home environment may face additional literacy challenges in school. This article will also provide specific…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Elementary School Teachers, Literacy Education, Family Violence
Tynan, Donna D.; Fritsch, Ronald E. – 1987
The literature on coping with stressful life events and the literature on parental issues related to the birth of a handicapped child suggest that such variables as understanding of the nature, intensity, and duration of parental responses figure prominently in their adjustment to the disability. The development of support programs designed to…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Child Rearing, Children, Coping
Peer reviewedKurtz, P. David – Urban Education, 1988
School social workers aid the process of parental involvement with the schools. Parents need services from social workers so their relations with the school will have positive influences on the child's learning. The social and academic adjustment of high risk children depends on this essential link. (VM)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Divorce, Family Environment, Family Role
Peer reviewedSankar, Andrea; Becker, Stephen L. – Journal of Medical Education, 1985
Research findings have demonstrated the relevance of a home care experience for teaching the interactions of the social, psychological, environmental, and biological factors that characterize chronic illness. Research was conducted in the Home Care Program at the University of California, San Francisco. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Clinical Experience, Diseases, Environmental Influences
Fayden, Terese – Paradigm Publishers, 2005
The inspirational stories of young learners in this book discredit assumptions behind recent educational reforms, including high stakes testing and No Child Left Behind policies. The experiences of the American Indian children and the author, a kindergarten teacher, challenge the widely held assumption that minority children enter school "at…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Minority Group Children
Download full textBureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1922
The reorganization of home economics recommended in this report involves important and far reaching changes in both teaching and administration. The committee in home economics distinguishes two types of courses which it designates as general and intensive. To achieve the necessary results in the general courses, teachers must be broadly trained,…
Descriptors: Females, Home Economics, Secondary Education, Gender Differences
Peer reviewedWhitehead, Linda C.; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1990
This article draws on experience from Delaware FIRST, a model demonstration project utilizing family assessment for overall project evaluation and program planning for parents and professionals. Instrument selection processes, administration procedures, families's reactions to the process, and usefulness of family assessments in project evaluation…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Family Counseling
Peer reviewedYi, Soon Hyung – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
Examines agents of socialization, socialization skills, the influence of Confucian principles, gender socialization, and the differentiation of parental roles in traditional Korean families; and the value of children, the purpose of education, and family orientation in the modern family. (BC)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Confucianism, Family Environment
Peer reviewedSmith, Andrea B.; Dannison, Linda L.; Vach-Hasse, Tammy – Childhood Education, 1998
Discusses the effects of grandparents raising their grandchildren. Notes that grandparents raising young children are challenged emotionally, physically, and financially, and that the children must deal with many confusing, troubling emotions, including grief and loss, guilt, fear, embarrassment, and anger. Considers the importance of the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Rearing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Peer reviewedSchwartz, Marie Jenkins – OAH Magazine of History, 2001
Explores the family life of slaves from the perspective of the enslaved family who developed strategies to help them endure bondage. Addresses the experience of these families, focusing on topics such as the economic activities slaves participated in to improve their material conditions and the role of children within the family. (CMK)
Descriptors: Black Family, Black History, Black Youth, Child Role
Marks, Gary; Cresswell, John; Ainley, John – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2006
This paper examines the extent that material, social, and cultural resources and schools account for the relationship between socioeconomic background and student achievement among 15-year-olds in 30 countries. Generally, cultural factors play a more important role in most countries although in a small minority of countries, material resources…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Academic Achievement, Socioeconomic Background, Family School Relationship
Cook, Traci; Blachman, Dara; Dye, Jane; Macartney, Suzanne; Lukacs, Susan; Howie, LaJeana; Kena, Grace; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Truman, Jennifer; Cotto, Jessica; Jekielek, Susan; Mueggenborg, Mary; Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Denton, Stephanie; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Knighton, Cindi; Han, Beth; O'Connell, Kellie; Guenther, Patricia; Hiza, Hazel; Kuczynski, Kevin; Koegel, Kristin; Radel, Laura – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2011
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011" is a compendium of indicators depicting both the promises and the challenges confronting our Nation's young people. The report, the 15th in an ongoing series, presents 41 key indicators on important aspects of children's lives. These indicators are drawn from the most…
Descriptors: Adoption, Social Indicators, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Bernard Van Leer Foundation, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1994
The report provides an annual report and financial review for 1994 of the Bernard van Leer Foundation, a private institution that was created for broad humanitarian purposes in 1949, and shows the varied aspects of the foundation's activities in the project field. In addition, it includes a number of feature articles which highlight specific…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Development, Developmental Tasks, Early Childhood Education
Lorance, Anne G.; Etheridge, George W. – 1990
This paper examines the needs of adolescent mothers and their infants and describes innovative programs designed to meet those needs. It discusses characteristics of adolescent mothers, including their educational level, their obstetric performance, their parenting practices, and the socioeconomic consequences of early parenthood. The paper then…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Early Parenthood, Emotional Development
