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Wassell, Beth A.; Coleman, Natoya; Chen, Xiufang; Browne, Susan – Education and Urban Society, 2022
In this paper, we examine the enactment of culturally relevant education in an urban early childhood setting in the US. This descriptive case study used a sociocultural framework that emphasizes the relationship between structure and agency. The research question that guided the study was: How does an urban, non-profit early childhood educational…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Urban Schools, Social Justice, Early Childhood Education
Austin, Lea J. E.; Kipnis, Fran; Sakai, Laura; Whitebook, Marcy; Ryan, Sharon – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2013
The Rhode Island Early Learning Council (Council) is engaged in a multi-year planning process to build a coordinated early childhood system. An essential component of this system is access to appropriate early childhood higher education. To assist in this process, the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at the University of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Course Content
Perry, Desmond – 2001
Written from the perspective of a Montessori preschool director, teacher educator, and father, this book presents basic information on child development from the prenatal period through the school years, highlighted by stories of child development in different cultures. The book is presented in three parts. Part 1 focuses on the "explosions…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Children, Cognitive Development
Gilkerson, Deanna – 1992
Designed to help family home care providers address the needs of children at various developmental stages, this manual provides practical suggestions for encouraging and evaluating children's social and emotional development. The manual is divided into four sections focusing respectively on infants, toddlers, preschool children, and school-aged…
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary Education, Emotional Development, Evaluation Methods
Gilkerson, Deanna – 1992
Designed to help family home care providers address the needs of children at various developmental stages, this manual contains practical suggestions for encouraging and evaluating children's physical development. The manual is divided into four sections focusing respectively on infants, toddlers, preschool children, and school-aged children. Each…
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Family Day Care
Gilkerson, Deanna – 1992
Designed to help family home care providers understand children's cognitive developmental stages, this manual provides practical suggestions for developing and evaluating children's cognitive skills. The manual is divided into four sections focusing respectively on infants, toddlers, preschool children, and school-aged children. Each section…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education
Phillips, Susi Erika – 1986
This discussion of the emotional development of young children is structured upon Erik Erikson's schemata of psycho-social development. Stage 1, which involves trust versus mistrust, includes references to Erikson's theory and the work of Melanie Klein, Berry Brazelton, Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas, John Bowlby, Anthony Stevens, and D. W.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Emotional Development, Emotional Experience
Oden, Sherri – 1987
Research on the development of social competence in children is reviewed in this ERIC digest. The focus is on the social development of infants and toddlers which takes place in the family, in peer groups, and in preschool. The importance of infant bonding with at least one particular adult, socialization of the developming child within the family…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
McGhee, Marilyn, Ed. – Child Care Bulletin, 1996
This document consists of six issues of the Child Care Bulletin, a bimonthly publication of the National Child Care Information Center. The January-February issue focuses on infants and toddlers in child care. Topics discussed include caring for infants with special needs, designing quality group care environments, Early Head Start programs, and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Child Health
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Mazzocco, Michele M. M. – Journal of Child Language, 1997
Examined the effect of homonymity on children's use of semantic context to derive word meaning. The study presented participants (preschoolers, second graders, and college students) with stories including nonsense words, familiar words used accurately, and homonymous words. Results suggest that homonymity inhibits children's tendency to derive…
Descriptors: College Students, Context Clues, Educational Games, Elementary Education
Titone, Renzo – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1985
Research shows that there are many possible positive effects of early bilingual reading upon intellectual growth and general education. An Italian research project dealing with early bilingual literacy is described; the teaching methods used in the project are examined. (RM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Case Studies, Child Development
Walery, Nancy, Ed.; Evinger, Sara, Ed.; Dailey, Lyn, Ed.; Sherman, Marsha, Ed.; Zamani, Rahman, Ed. – Child Care Health Connections, 1999
This document is comprised of the six 1999 issues of a bimonthly newsletter providing information on young children's health and safety for California's child care professionals. Regular features include a column on infant/toddler concerns, a question-answer column regarding medical and health issues, a nutrition column, and resources for child…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Child Health
Silverman, Phyllis; And Others – 1986
This collection of 22 brief resource guides for parents provides information on various aspects of child development and parenting. Topics include (1) planning an in-home toddler playgroup; (2) terrific and terrible 2-year-olds; (3) 3- and 4-year-olds; (4) the middle years from 6 through 11; (5) adolescents; (6) helping parents discuss sex with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Rearing, Day Care