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National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 2006
Betsy Lozoff is among the world's leading experts on iron deficiency and its effects on infant brain development and behavior. Iron deficiency is the most common single nutrient disorder in the world, affecting more than half of the world's infants and young children. Research by Lozoff and others has shown that there are long-lasting…
Descriptors: Infants, Brain, Incidence, Diseases
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Cowley, Stephen J.; Moodley, Sheshni; Fiori-Cowley, Agnese – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2004
The article examines how infants are first permeated by culture. Building on Thibault (2000), semiogenesis is traced to the joint activity of primary intersubjectivity. Using an African example, analysis shows how--at 14 weeks--an infant already uses culturally specific indicators of "what a caregiver wants." Human predispositions and…
Descriptors: Infants, Culture, Semiotics, Mothers
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, Ypsilanti, MI. – 1998
These conference proceedings provide summaries of 71 presentations on various aspects of the High/Scope educational approach. In addition to summaries of special presentations on music and movement, topics addressed include: (1) student engagement; (2) outdoor learning; (3) change strategies; (4) various discussions of the Child Observation…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Learning, Brain, Caregiver Training