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Direct linkKinos, Jarmo; Robertson, Leena; Barbour, Nancy; Pukk, Maarika – Childhood Education, 2016
The Convention on the Rights of the Child calls for children to be treated as human beings with a distinct set of rights, instead of as passive objects of care. They can and should be agents in their own lives. Child-initiated pedagogy recognizes this by respecting children's individual and collective views, interests, and motivations.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Childrens Rights
Harte, Helene Arbouet – Young Exceptional Children, 2010
Meeting the needs of children with disabilities requires strategies for engaging each and every child as an individual and facilitating their participation as a member of a group. The use of the project approach meets the needs of individual children by building on an awareness of children's interests and high expectations. All early childhood…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Early Childhood Education, Childhood Interests, Disabilities
Mantica, Thomas J. – Modern English Journal, 1973
For Part 1 of the article, see Modern English Journal'', v4 n2 p111-23 Jun 1973. (HW)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childhood Needs, Children, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedSunal, Cynthia Szymanski – Social Studies, 1988
Identifying games as being common to children worldwide, Sunal focuses on Nigerian group games in order to illustrate the range of game variations and their use in a social studies program. Describes hiding games, singing games, and a fine-motor skills game, stating that they help acquaint students with foreign cultures and reveal similarities in…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Children, Childrens Games, Cultural Activities
Download full textCarlson, Ruth Kearney – Elementary English, 1964
Educational experiences which facilitate the development of original thinking and learning are (1) the "open system" of education which stresses freedom at home and at school; (2) the emphasis on sensory awareness of the environment; (3) the development of curiosity and sense of wonder; (4) the growth of imaginative powers and original thinking…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Children, Cognitive Development, Creative Activities
Clatanoff, Doris A. – 1987
Often regarding the "great books" as too difficult for elementary school age children to comprehend, teachers have given students reading assignments that are less than challenging and have risked causing them to dislike reading because it is relatively uninteresting. However, it is possible to expose very young children to works such as…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Children, Childrens Literature, Class Activities
Smith, Nancy R. – 1983
This book presents a philosophical and pragmatic approach to the teacher's active role in fostering a developing understanding of painting in 1-11 year-old children. Cognitive processes behind children's painting are explored; each phase of imagery is seen as emerging from and building on the thought processes of the previous phase. Tasks are…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art Materials, Childhood Interests
