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Direct linkHelm, Judy Harris – Young Children, 2007
Communities of practice (COPs) are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better through interacting with one another (Wenger 1998). Communities of practice have enormous potential to support and sustain quality care and education within a community and, in fact, are doing so. Businesses and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Professional Development, Program Development, Guidance Programs
Vesely, Colleen K.; Ginsberg, Mark R. – Young Children, 2011
This study explores how early childhood education programs engage immigrant families in their children's learning, how programs learn about these families and incorporate their cultures into the classrooms, and what programs are doing in terms of their staff's professional development related to working with immigrant children and families. The…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Peer reviewedChristie, James F.; Wardle, Francis – Young Children, 1992
In a study on the effects of play period length on four and five year olds' play behavior, results indicated that play time affected the amount and maturity of play. Guidelines for structuring play time in the classroom are offered. (BB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Dramatic Play
Peer reviewedWilliams, Connie K.; Kamii, Constance – Young Children, 1986
Maintains that young children learn to think when they act on objects, thus developing what Piaget refers to as physical and logico-mathematical knowledge. Teachers can encourage thinking/mental action by creating situations that are personally meaningful to the children, by providing decision-making opportunities, and by providing opportunities…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedEisenberg, Eileen; Rafanello, Donna – Young Children, 1998
Examined the impact of a two-year leadership training program that used a problem-centered and site-specific curriculum for program directors to improve the quality of 14 early childhood programs in the Chicago area and to increase the number of programs receiving accreditation from NAEYC. Found that administrators expanded their repertoire of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrators, Case Studies, Early Childhood Education
Friedman, Delores Lowe – Young Children, 2004
Early childhood educators respect children's need to construct their own knowledge by supporting curricula that allow children to make choices and to be active learners. However, what everyone appears to want for students--a wide array of learning opportunities that engage students in experiencing, creating, and solving real problems, using their…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Professional Development, Active Learning, Change Strategies
Peer reviewedMiels, Jill C. – Young Children, 2001
Four case studies are presented illustrating how kindergarten curricula can enhance early literacy development. Curriculum components described include student choice, activities appropriate for multiple developmental levels, large blocks of work time, shared voice, theme-based learning, access to materials, respect for autonomy, and minimal large…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Case Studies, Childrens Writing
