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Download full textLee-Blickstead, Martha – 1996
A practicum at a licensed, non-profit family day care agency in Canada serving over 4,000 children and their families was designed to assist in clarifying the meaning of family support and family-centered child care. The practicum was developed to assist the agency in moving towards operationalizing its commitment to provide optimal family support…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1996
The Saginaw Prekindergarten Program is designed to provide four-year-olds with an environment that will enable them to develop skills needed for future success in school, and to prepare inner city children for entry into kindergarten. The objectives of the program include specific achievements in 16 cognitive skills, psychomotor skills, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Objectives, Early Intervention
Vergason, Glenn A., Ed.; Hutzler, Yeshayahu, Ed. – Issues in Special Education & Rehabilitation, 1993
This interdisciplinary scientific journal emphasizes the linkage between special education and rehabilitation services. Selected papers from the first two issues include: "The Impact of Current Issues in Teacher Education on the Preparation of Special Educators" (Patricia Edelen-Smith and others); "Training Teachers and Parents To Work…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Gregory, Eve, Ed. – 1997
By drawing on the experiences of children aged 3 to 8 attending schools in Britain, Germany, Iceland, Australia, and the United States, 11 case studies of young children provide insight into what it means for children to enter a new language and culture in school. The case studies are: "Learning through Difference: Cultural Practices in Early…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Cultural Pluralism
Speights, Wilhelmenia Edwards – 1991
A practicum was implemented over an 8-month period to improve the literacy development of sixth-grade poor readers in a regular classroom. The primary goals were to empower sixth-grade classroom teachers in supporting literacy development, to strengthen the communication bond between parents and teachers, and to increase parental involvement in…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Inservice Teacher Education, Intermediate Grades, Literacy
Barnett, David W.; Carey, Karen T. – 1992
This book aims to help in developing interventions for preschool children with learning and behavior problems, guided by a scientist-practitioner model that integrates research and deals effectively with the realities of practice. The book emphasizes a theory of psychosocial change rather than developmental theories. The book is written for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Hecht, Jeffrey B.; And Others – 1993
Project Homeroom is an innovative attempt by several Chicago-area schools, International Business Machines, and Ameritech to introduce state-of-the-art computing and telecommunications resources into the educational environment. This report details the second and final year's efforts in three high schools. An evaluation team from the Technological…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Educational Change
Baron, Bruce; And Others – 1983
Intended as an aid to parents concerned with their children's educational progress, this guidebook provides information about schools and subject matter, offers advice on numerous topics related to education from birth through the twelfth grade, and suggests activities parents can implement at home to assess achievement and improve school…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, High School Students
Swick, Kevin J. – 1990
A partnership between the College of Education of the University of South Carolina, the Salkehatchie Consortium of schools, International Business Machines, and families and schools in Allendale, South Carolina, and Estill, Denmark was formed in an effort to implement a project designed to enhance the school success of at-risk elementary school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College School Cooperation, Community Involvement, Computer Uses in Education
Darkenwald, Gordon G.; Valentine, Thomas – 1984
This report describes a self-contained, problem-centered workshop designed to help parents, especially undereducated parents, learn how to facilitate the elementary school success of their children. The workshop is predicated on the belief that parents themselves are able to identify the educational needs and help to solve the school-related…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students, Parent Attitudes
Perske, Robert, Ed.; Smith, Judy, Ed. – 1977
Intended for parents, students, and professionals, the book explains the need for specific competencies needed for dealing with severely and profoundly handicapped children and offers methods by which the trainee, trainer, and training institution may advance the education of this population. Following an introductory chapter are 10 chapters which…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Daily Living Skills, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
WEIKART, DAVID P., ED. – 1967
THE PERRY PRESCHOOL PROJECT IS AN EXPERIMENT WITH REPLICATIONS DESIGNED TO ASSESS THE LONGITUDINAL EFFECTS OF A 2-YEAR, COGNITIVELY ORIENTED, COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAM. SELECTED FROM A POPULATION WHICH IS NEGRO, FUNCTIONALLY RETARDED, AND CULTURALLY DEPRIVED, CONTROL AND EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS ARE EQUATED FOR MEAN CULTURAL-DEPRIVATION RATING AND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Black Youth, Cognitive Development
Ligon, Glynn – 1974
A summary report is presented of the first of two interviews with a random sample of parents of kindergarten, third and sixth grade students in the project. Undertaken as part of the evaluation of the Parental Involvement Component of the Title VII Bilingual Project, the interviews had a twofold objective: (1) to measure the degree of home support…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Federal Programs
Seyfarth, John T.; And Others – 1973
The report examines the attitudes of parents of 31 of the 44 students in the Appalachia Education Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) program toward the program as indicated by their responses to a standard interview form (which appears in an appendix). Twelve interviews involved both the mother and the father of the student;…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Programs, Individualized Programs
McGeeney, Patrick – 1969
This book describes existing examples of good practice in parent-teacher relations in schools in England as a guide for other schools to develop innovative techniques. Observations are based on the responses of headmasters of some 30 schools the author visited. The opening chapter touches upon attitudes toward parent-teacher cooperation,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Comparative Education, Educational Methods, Educational Objectives
