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Direct linkVesely, 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 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 reviewedAmbery, Mary Elizabeth – Young Children, 1997
Uses the case of a boy named Franklin, making the transition between free play and a group activity, to illustrate conflict between teachers' respect for individual play and scheduled group activities. Discusses various issues, including differing perceptions of time, closure, and independence; using learning-environment organization for…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Conflict Resolution
Peer reviewedDyson, Anne Haas – Young Children, 1990
Discusses the developmental process that allows children to use symbols to represent their experienced world and to construct imagined worlds. Emphasizes the critical role of art and play in children's growth as symbol makers. (BB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Early Childhood Education, Freehand Drawing, Interpersonal Relationship
Peer reviewedFeeney, Stephanie; And Others – Young Children, 1988
This article is the second in a series reporting the results of YOUNG CHILDREN's May 1987 survey on recurring early childhood education ethical dilemmas. Presented are readers' replies to the case of "The Aggressive Child" and accompanying commentaries. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Aggression, Case Studies, Early Childhood Education, Ethics
Peer reviewedKitano, Margie K. – Young Children, 1989
Discusses ways in which kindergarten and primary teachers can maximize their role in meeting the special needs of young gifted children. A case study illustrates the situation. (BB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Role, Elementary School Teachers, Gifted
Peer reviewedChapman, Marilyn L. – Young Children, 1996
Discusses the developmental aspects of the relationship between speech and print and examines the debate as to whether first-grade students acquire phonemic awareness by reading and writing the language or whether that awareness is best arrived at by direct teaching of phonics. Presents case study of one first grader's literacy development. (ET)
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Case Studies, Elementary School Curriculum, Emergent Literacy
Peer reviewedAmbery, Mary Elizabeth – Young Children, 1995
Discusses the issues of best practice, guidance of young children, teacher supervision, power, and rewards in the context of developmentally appropriate practice. Examines a true story about a conflict-laden school situation as an opportunity to explore the dynamics of perspective taking, roles and relationships, turbulent and uncertain…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Discipline Problems, Educational Practices
