Childhood Education articles from August 2000

Childhood Education archives from August 2000

Preparing School Personnel for the 21st Century.
August 6, 2000... Potential, Power, and Possibilities Teacher education is a complex realm in which thoughtful decision-making, reflective practice, and a critical perspective are required. As the new millennium begins, it is clear that these complexities...

Dedication: In Memory of James David Sexton.
August 6, 2000... This special issue of Childhood Education is dedicated to Co-Guest Editor James David Sexton. The quality and scope of this issue is indicative of David's many and valued contributions to the Association for Childhood Education International....

Project CREATE.
August 6, 2000... Bridging the Gap in Training for Infant/Toddler Child Care Providers Based on the association between specialized training and the quality of care infants and toddlers receive, there is a critical need to increase the number of trained...

Early Childhood Special Education.
August 6, 2000... Workplace Realities Course work and Field-based practica do not meet the needs of the early intervention and early childhood special education community. In the past decade, interest in infants and young children with developmental...

Head Start-University Collaborations: Widening the Circle.
August 6, 2000... Traditionally, university researchers have not held in high regard the practical knowledge acquired in real teaching situations. Recent interest in changing the ways schools and universities work together (Bickel & Hattrup, 1995; Blond &...

Engaged Pedagogy.
August 6, 2000... One Alternative to "Indoctrination" Into DAP "... that which we are, so shall we teach." --Ralph Waldo Emerson I first noted resistance to Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP)--as outlined by the 1987 National Association for...

Learner-Centered Sites.
August 6, 2000... How do you cultivate a child-centered approach among teachers in a large, urban school system where inservice personnel and finances are extremely limited? How do you cultivate a child-centered approach among teachers in a large, urban...

Project Texas.
August 6, 2000... A Nontraditional Teacher Professional Development Model for Science Education Recent efforts to reform elementary science education call for changes in the way we think about teacher education and in the way we approach staff development....

Stepping Into the Next Century.
August 6, 2000... I-STEP and the Preparation of Middle School Teachers Educating teachers for middle school careers often involves negotiating a middle ground. Alisha, a senior education major, stands before two judges, who have just examined her visual...

Teachers Leading Teachers.
August 6, 2000... Enhancing Multicultural Education Through Field-Based Partnerships Research evidence suggests that there are reasons for concern in terms of preservice early childhood teacher preparation and multicultural education. As student...

Preparing for Changing Educational Roles.
August 6, 2000... Creating and Learning From Within the Public Schools Simultaneous restructuring of public schools and schools of education will require professional collaboration and collegiality. Today's educators will have to be responsive to a...

A Friend in Need.
August 6, 2000... Mentorship and Community Teaching is politically and socially undervalued, and schools are summarily blamed for society's ills; in essence, educators are under siege. To paraphrase Charles Dickens, these are the best of times; these...

ACEI 2000 Conference: A Conference To Remember.
August 6, 2000... PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ACEI 2000 in Baltimore was a wonderful success. You came; we learned together. We celebrated our vision, our heritage, and the challenges for the next century and beyond. We took our work seriously, but we also paused...

Baltimore Conference April 2000.
August 6, 2000... FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Annual International Conference and Exhibition is a wonderful opportunity to meet with friends and colleagues from around the world, and this year was no exception. The meeting in Baltimore, April 17-20,...

Peace Week Activities.
August 6, 2000... PEACE EDUCATION NETWORK In April 1999, ACEI's Public Affairs Committee took a strong stand against the use of children in combat and issued a call for "peace education [as] an active, integral part of the program of instruction in all...

Museums and School Change: Making the Connection.
August 6, 2000... To a large degree, current debates over ever-changing education reforms were defined decades ago. They continue to shift, however, keeping up with the demands of recent opinions. Leading educators continue trying to find the best ways to make...

IN MEMORIAM.
August 6, 2000... In Appreciation: Alberta Meyer With the February 28, 2000, passing of Alberta Meyer, the field of education and ACEI lost a valued treasure. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 4, 1913, Meyer dedicated her life to education and learning....

Preparing School Personnel for the 21st Century.
August 6, 2000... PROGRAM EXCHANGE This ACEI theme issue, "Preparing School Personnel for the 21st Century," can be considered a reflection of ACEI's heritage and a projection of its mission into the future. On July 15, 1892, a group of kindergarten...

Multimedia Slide Show.
August 6, 2000... Envision your students designing and creating a multimedia slide show. Such shows can be created using a variety of technology resources and multimedia tools. One easy way is to use the Kid Pix Slideshow software, an inexpensive "paint" program...

Discover the Technology Potential of Video Conferencing.
August 6, 2000... Video conferencing--using CU-SeeMe technology--can add a fascinating dimension to learning across all grade levels. CU-SeeMe provides an opportunity for children in one classroom to see and hear children in another location, classroom, city, or...

Technology As a Management Tool.
August 6, 2000... Technology can provide teachers with effective vehicles for storing, managing, and retrieving information. Commercial electronic grade books that compute and store grades are available; however, one can develop a grade book with little or no...

Your Favorite Author Is Just a Click Away!
August 6, 2000... Did you know that you have a direct link to many well-loved children's book authors through the Internet? Many authors have their own Web pages with personal information, activities related to their books and, best of all, free "stuff" to...

Integrating Technology With Teaching: A Peek Into a Classroom.
August 6, 2000... Off we go, bucket and net in hand, in search of tadpoles. Our hunt takes place at Cooper Elementary School. In the library media center, we use research skills to locate information on tadpoles. We use such materials as electronic...

Advocacy in Action: Perspectives From UNICEF.
August 6, 2000... FROM THE UN The "Global Movement for Children" is UNICEF's internal working description for a renewed effort to broaden, strengthen, and focus the existing movement around a common agenda for children. It is intended as a basis for...

Takinq Pride in Your Membership.
August 6, 2000... BRANCH BUSINESS Carla Taber, Vice President of the Eastern Oklahoma Student Branch, Tulsa Campus, recently outlined their Branch's commitment to collecting books for their Community Service Project. So far, she explains, they have...

A Farewell Message From Your Student Representative.
August 6, 2000... STUDENT SLANT Dear Friends, It's hard to believe that my term as Student Representative has come full circle and that this is my last Student Slant column. Although many times it was difficult to think of something to write about, I...

Breathwaite Mini-Grant Recipient: Creating a Community of Readers.
August 6, 2000... Creating a motivation for and interest in reading significantly influences reading instruction. Since children's reading habits develop early in life, efforts must be made to deliberately attract children to reading during the early years if...

Renew Early and Reap the Rewards.
August 6, 2000... MEMBERANDUM Starting in mid-July, many of you will receive your annual dues renewal notice. When you pay your membership dues promptly, you help ACEI save thousands of dollars that can be used to offset the rising cost of postage, paper,...

Texas ACEI Holds Study Conference.
August 6, 2000... BRANCHES IN ACTION The Texas-ACEI Annual Study Conference was held February 25-26, 2000, in Houston, Texas. We began with a reception on Friday evening that featured entertainment by the Prairie View A&M University Classical Dance...

Breathwaite Mini-Grant Recipient: C.A.P.S. (Children Actively Participating With Senior Adults).
August 6, 2000... The attitudes and behaviors that children have about senior adults can have important implications for our communities. Many children lack quality interaction with senior adults, resulting in miscommunication between generations, and the...

A Relationship Gone Sour: Sexism and ESL.
August 6, 2000... A recent report (American Association of University Women [AAUW], 1999) states that the drop-out rate for Latina girls ages 16 to 24 has reached 30 percent. The report also notes that Latina teen pregnancy and birth rates continue to increase,...

The Influence of Television on Children's Gender Role Socialization.
August 6, 2000... Children often internalize gender role stereotypes from books, songs, television, and the movies (Thorne, 1993). Television, however, is perhaps the most influential form of media (Lauer & Lauer, 1994). Research on television viewing and...

Home Alone With Modern Medicine.
August 6, 2000... We live in a wonderful time. Modern medications can manage, or even eradicate, many dangerous childhood diseases and conditions. Polio, the scourge of earlier generations of children, is a thing of the past. Hearing loss from childhood ear...

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.
August 6, 2000... Poetry Harley, Avis FLY WITH POETRY: An ABC of Poetry. Il. by author. ISBN 1-56397-798-2. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2000. 48 pp. $13.95. The author's love of poetry shines through in this unique book. Such poetic forms as...

PROFESSIONAL BOOKS.
August 6, 2000... PLAY FROM BIRTH TO TWELVE AND BEYOND: Contexts, Perspectives, and Meanings. D.P. Fromberg & D. Bergen, Editors. New York: Garland, 1998. 533 pp. $100. This invaluable reference includes original essays addressing a variety of diverse topics...

The Future of Character Education.
August 6, 2000... Character education can be defined as an effort by schools, communities, and families to assist children in understanding, caring about, and acting upon a core of ethical values (Character Education Partnership, 1997). While the 1990s saw a...

Teacher Preparation for the 21st Century.
August 6, 2000... This column summarizes recent ERIC documents and journal articles that discuss the preservice and inservice preparation of teachers in order to meet the educational needs of the 21st century. For details about ERIC and ordering ERIC documents,...