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Brauner, Jessica; Gordic, Bonnie; Zigler, Edward – Society for Research in Child Development, 2004
Currently there is a lack of affordable, accessible, quality child care in America. A substandard child care system not only negatively affects families, but also impacts broader societal and political issues, such as the economy, gender equity, tax and budget policies, and welfare reform. In this report, the authors propose two recommendations to…
Descriptors: Child Care, Preschool Education, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement
Stormont, Melissa; Lewis, Timothy J.; Covington Smith, Sandra – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2005
The current study investigated early childhood professionals' opinions regarding the use of behavioral supports for children with challenging behavior. Participants included early childhood special education teachers, Title I teachers, speech and language pathologists, instructional aids and paraprofessionals, physical therapists, and school…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Disabilities, Young Children, Special Needs Students
Catapano, Susan – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2005
Students in early childhood teacher education programs are expected to know, plan curriculum, and teach within several sets of content area, national, state, and local, learning standards. Understanding where these standards originated and why they are important within the context of classroom practice will help new teachers begin their careers…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Elementary School Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education
Burningham, Lyn – Young Children, 2005
Children whose homes are filled with books, whose parents read to them, and who have begun to understand the reading process have higher levels of reading skills and knowledge when they enter kindergarten than children who do not have such rich literacy experiences before entering school. This article describes a family literacy project developed…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Reading, Reading Skills, Reading Processes
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Instructional Services. – 1997
Preschool and kindergarten teachers have the responsibility of supporting children as they learn and develop. This guide is designed to help North Carolina preschool and kindergarten teachers and administrators establish and maintain high quality programs, frame the broad issues regarding early childhood curriculum and instruction, describe major…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Design, Developmental Stages, Inclusive Schools

Nelson, Jo Ann N.; Simmerer, Norma J. – 1983
This report summarizes three related studies of 3- to 5-year-old children's temperament and its relationship to their social competence, ability to solve interpersonal problems, locus of control, parent behavior and teacher/child interactions. Fifty-eight children, predominantly middle class participants in a laboratory preschool, and their…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Order, Fathers, Individual Differences
Katz, Lilian G. – 1984
This book presents five papers that address a variety of issues confronting those who work directly with young children and their teachers. The first three articles present ways of thinking about what constitutes professionalism in working with children and parents. Specifically, "Contemporary Perspectives on the Roles of Mothers and…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Cognitive Development, Day Care, Discipline
Coleman, Joyce H. – 1978
This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, the fifth in a series of 16, focuses on preparing trainees in a bilingual/bicultural preschool teacher training program to help young children to develop social skills. The text of the module deals with: (1) fundamental principles of social development, (2) factors which influence social…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Child Caregivers
Texas A and I Univ., Kingsville. – 1978
This volume, the fifth in a series of seven, contains the two learning modules which focus on the fourth Child Development Associate (CDA) competency, promoting positive functioning of children and adults in a group environment, in the Texas A & I Bilingual Bicultural Child Development Associate Training Program performance based curriculum.…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Child Caregivers
Saint Louis Community Coll. at Forest Park, MO. – 1976
The planning and implementation of a pilot CDA training project is described in this final report to the Office of Child Development by the Human Services Department, Social Science Division of the St. Louis Community College at Forest Park. Staff training, selection of candidates and curriculum development are emphasized early in the report. The…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Child Caregivers, Community Colleges, Community Relations
George Peabody Coll. for Teachers, Nashville, TN. Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education. – 1973
This large collection of the Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education (DARCEE) Materials includes the Elizabethtown Workshop for Trainer; the Louisville Inservice Report; the Macon, Georgia, Inservice Report, which includes progress reports on the individual children in that program; and finally a large number of site visit…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Early Childhood Education

Katz, Lilian G. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1996
Explores some widely held assumptions concerning the role of child development knowledge in teaching young children. Issues explored include What does the term "development" mean? What child development knowledge should be learned? Can we agree on a body of child development knowledge and principles? Why has the role of child development knowledge…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences

Stott, Frances; Bowman, Barbara – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1996
Examines issues pertaining to the development of a formal knowledge base to guide the thinking and practice of early childhood teachers. Discusses the authors' views on formal knowledge, practice and reflection, and the process of teacher education, and how these views are operationalized in the master's level program at Erikson Institute in…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences
Carey, David – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2007
Improving education outcomes is vital for achieving convergence with GDP per capita levels in Western European countries and for reducing income inequality. While some education outcomes are favourable, such as the low secondary-school drop-out rate, others have room for improvement: education achievement is below the OECD average and strongly…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Graduates
Rubin, Rhonda; Aquino-Russell, Catherine; Flagg-Williams, Joan – Online Submission, 2007
(Purpose) The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of classroom sound field amplification on communication in kindergarten through grade 3 classrooms. (Methodology) Sixty classrooms were involved in the study; half of the classrooms were provided with sound field amplification. The flow of communication was measured through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Observation, Semi Structured Interviews