After a review of the current problems of the racially oriented educational system of South Africa, this article examines alternative teaching strategies to ease the transition from school to university and concludes that modification of teaching for first-year university students is the most feasible approach. Examples of successful strategies…

Considers reasons for low primary school attendance rates for children in the Philippines, including low school readiness and high costs. Describes the establishment of eight kindergartens in the Philippines through the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) and provides case studies of three children attending OMEP kindergartens.…

Notes that Brazilian street children are socially branded as criminals, limiting their opportunities to improve themselves and believe they can change their lives for the better. Draws on interviews with street children to provide a true picture of daily struggles and demonstrates ability and creativity in many situations. (LBT)

Draws on research with Brazilian street children to present methodological and ethical challenges inherent in research with street children; provides suggestions for overcoming these challenges. Issues of concern include the following: definition and sampling, and lack of clarity in these areas; measurement aspects, including surveys,…

Describes and evaluates a teacher training project in Chile that was meant to change attitudes toward native culture among rural teachers in one Aymara school district serving approximately 200 children. Findings suggest that hegemonic barriers stand in the way of broadening the scope of intercultural education in plural, democratic societies.…

Examined the implementation of the Success for All early intervention program in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) at four urban elementary schools with 128 high-risk students compared to 136 control participants. Program implementation resulted in higher reading achievement for the at-risk students. (SLD)

This paper reviews the theoretical approaches that espouse a child-centred approach in intervening with street children. It focuses on two major themes, namely the rights of the child and client self-determination as proposed by Adler (Corey, 2001). The discussion acknowledges that providing street children with opportunities to participate in…

This analytical review aims at exploring trends in educational access and delineating different groups, which are vulnerable to exclusion from educational opportunities at the elementary stage. This review has drawn references from series of analytical papers developed on different themes i.e. regional disparity in education, social equity and…

The critical importance of the early childhood years and the rights perspective to human development has made policy and programming for early childhood development an imperative for every nation. In India, poverty, changing economic and social structures resulting in the breakdown of traditional coping mechanisms and family care systems, and the…

Over the past decade there had been increasing interest in the topic of deferred parenting. However, the effect on children of late timed parents has been a source of debate among researchers and practitioners. The present cross-cultural study explores the following questions: (1) is there and optimal age of parenting, and (2) are children of…

In this applied research project, the tendency for Youth Workers to treat admissions as a sudden procedural event was problematic at a treatment program. Literature from (brief) constructivist therapies, youth care work, and interviews with administrators, youth workers, and youths at a treatment program were used to solve the problem. The Context…

The first section of this program report offers a general description of the Bernard van Leer Foundation and its work. The second and third sections provide the foundation's annual report and financial report for 1991. The fourth and largest section of the program report describes 117 projects in 43 countries that are financed and supported by the…

This 1993 program report profiles the Bernard van Leer Foundation, a private institution based in The Netherlands that concentrates its resources on support for early childhood development. The first two sections provide a general description of the Bernard van Leer Foundation and its work. The third and fourth sections are the foundation's annual…

Aims of this phase of a longitudinal mathematics achievement investigation were to (1) detect individual and group differences in math achievement among a sample of fourth-year children, (2) monitor changes in math skills since a 1981 math investigation, and (3) identify limits of children's understanding of mathematical concepts. (The math test…

This final program evaluation report assessing the University of Western Ontario Preschool Project examined the cognitive and social development of 60 high and low income preschool children to determine whether the program had had a compensatory educational effect on economically disadvantaged children. The data analysis focused on: (1) the…