An ethnographic case study examined a kindergarten teacher's efforts to promote multicultural literacy learning in her own classroom and school. The teacher taught in a predominantly white, suburban, K-2 elementary school and considered literacy learning as a social process related to community building. The teacher presented her plan for…

This presentation suggests books, audiovisuals, articles, and training materials that can serve to introduce new parents and child care workers into the art and practice of high quality infant and child care. The materials described are easy-to-read and addressed to the practitioner. They deal with a wide variety of issues, reflect the best of…

A program was developed and implemented to train early childhood educators in two New York City school districts in how to identify and refer students who have been prenatally exposed to drugs or alcohol. Two substance abuse prevention and intervention specialists implemented the program, training 88 teachers in 4 schools. At the end of the…

This report summarizes a doctoral thesis defended and published in Swedish in 1991 at the Malmo School of Education, University of Lund. The thesis examined the preconditions necessary for the development of a new profession in Sweden for the education and care of young children in the 19th century. These preconditions led to the creation, in the…

This practicum was designed to provide a multicultural, bilingual inservice training program for the staff of six early childhood centers serving a large Hispanic population. The inservice training consisted of weekly seminars, guest lectures, classroom observations, and feedback interviews with center directors and executives of agencies that…

Intended as a companion to "Our Code of Ethics at Work" (Anne Stonehouse), this booklet has been written as a resource for people conducting workshops or training sessions in early childhood education. The suggestions provided will assist in making the Australian Early Childhood Association Code of Ethics more concrete and help early…

This practicum was designed to improve adult skills in facilitating science learning in preschool children by improving teaching staff and parent understanding of active learning and science processes. A series of workshops was presented to pre-kindergarten teachers, family home child care providers, parents, and college students preparing to…

The training of preschool facilitators is considered in the context of the new emphases on preschool education in developing countries. The term "facilitator" refers to anyone who contributes to a young child's learning in any situation. Components of the contextual framework include: (1) emerging concepts of early childhood education;…

An observational case study was conducted during a 6-month preiod in an effort to determine whether teachers of 4-year-old children had expectations for their students' social behavior and academic performance. Students were in the prekindergarten program of a private child care center. The study also examined the ways in which expectations were…

Written by the Minnesota Early Childhood Teacher Educators (MECTE), this booklet focuses on the knowledge and competencies needed by the kindergarten teacher. While the booklet is primarily addressed to college faculty for use in training pre-service kindergarten teachers, it can also be used as a resource for other college faculties, practicing…

This two-volume annotated bibliography cites 834 articles on a variety of issues related to preschool education in several Eastern and Western countries, including France, Great Britain, Czechoslovakia, USSR, Belgium, Canada, United States, Austria, Sweden, Poland, Switzerland, Ireland, East Germany, West Germany, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Romania,…

The development of a field-based approach to the validation of behavioral competencies for young children which reflect the theories of Bloom, Gagne, and Briggs is described in this paper. In Spring 1974, a list of 45 behaviors developed by the author was initially presented to the 50 faculty members of the Athens, Georgia, Child Development…

This guide to mainstreaming mentally retarded preschoolers is one of a series of eight manuals on mainstreaming preschoolers developed by Project Head Start. The guide is addressed to parents, teachers and other professionals and paraprofessionals. Chapter I presents information on the meaning, benefits and implementation of mainstreaming and…

This guide to mainstreaming visually handicapped preschoolers is one of a series of eight manuals on mainstreaming preschoolers developed by Project Head Start. The guide is addressed to parents, teachers and other professionals and paraprofessionals. Chapter I presents information on the meaning, benefits and implementation of mainstreaming. The…

This guide to mainstreaming preschoolers with hearing impairments is one of a series of eight manuals on mainstreaming preschoolers developed by Project Head Start. The guide is addressed to parents, teachers and other professionals and paraprofessionals. Chapter I presents information on the meaning, benefits and implementation of mainstreaming.…