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Download full textKatz, Lilian G. – 1993
This paper addresses two questions relevant to practices and policies in early childhood education (ECE). The first question addressed is, Given the worldwide focus on ECE, what are the priorities in practice-oriented research in school life? Educators struggle with the issue of whether research makes much difference to practice. It is suggested…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
Jorde-Bloom, Paula – 1987
This paper provides an overview of the dimensions of organizational climate as they relate to early childhood work environments. It reports the results of a study involving 629 early childhood workers representing 65 nonprofit and for-profit, center-based programs. The focus of the inquiry was to determine in what ways the 94 administrators and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Downs, A. Chris; Nelson, Susan – 1983
Teacher's behavior toward preschool children varying in attractiveness and children's behavior toward their teachers were investigated. Participating were 64 preschool children and 9 teachers. Children, who attended a private preschool in Houston, Texas, were white, equally divided by sex and age, and from middle-income homes. A group of 30 adult…
Descriptors: Attention, Feedback, Interpersonal Attraction, Physical Activity Level
Hawkes, Ellen G. – 1983
A case is made for the use of computer assisted instruction (CAI) in Child Development Associate (CDA) training programs conducted on-campus in conjunction with an educational curriculum or conducted off-campus in conjunction with child care programs. The following points are made: (1) CAI can be used to supplement and amplify a teacher's…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Competency Based Teacher Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Denham, Susanne A. – 1987
Teachers' ratings are often used as early as the preschool period to provide an overall picture of children's behavioral adjustment and social competence. The goals of this study are to (1) show the relations among general, outcome-oriented observational categories of preschoolers' social competence and (2) specify those discrete emotions and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Affective Behavior, Aggression, Behavior Rating Scales
Mitchell, Steve H.; Dickerscheid, Jean D. – 1984
The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between early family experiences of student teachers and observed teaching behaviors in preschool settings. A total of 109 students enrolled in teaching practicums at two locations completed a background information questionnaire. Subjects' teaching behaviors were noted by trained…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Early Experience, Family Environment, Higher Education
Downs, A. Chris; Reagan, Mary A. – 1983
A study was conducted to investigate issues related to the development of preschool children's self-definitions of attractiveness. Research questions were (1) At what ages can children state a self-definition of attractiveness? (2) Are self-definitions temporally stable? (3) To what degree are children's self-judgments similar to judgments made of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Observation, Parents, Peer Evaluation
