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Childhood Education articles from August 2008
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Childhood Education archives from August 2008
Bullying and violence issues in children's lives: examining the issues and solutions.(Report)
August 15, 2008... Today's children may be exposed to violence in their environment, through the media, at home, and in school. Some children live in countries at war, while others survive in neighborhoods where street gangs prevail. Most parents and children...
Exploring bullying: an early childhood perspective from mainland China.(Report)
August 15, 2008... One spring, a 5-year-old girl named Ting arrived from China to join her mother, Chunlan, a doctoral student at a university in the north-eastern United States. Ting was so happy to be with her mother, and was particularly excited that she would...
Girl-to-girl violence: the voice of the victims.(Report)
August 15, 2008... School violence is not gender-exclusive to boys; girls are also capable of violence (Lagerspetz & Bjorkqvist, 1994; Osterman et al., 1998). Research shows that girl-to-girl violence stems from competition for male attention and tends to be...
Integrated schools in Northern Ireland: education for peace and reconciliation.(Report)
August 15, 2008... The core aim of integrated schools is to provide the child with a caring self-fulfilling educational experience which will enable him/her to become a fulfilled and caring adult. (Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education, 2005, p. 15)...
Bullying and violence in schools: what teachers should know and do.(Report)
August 15, 2008... Perhaps the greatest potential for stemming the tide of the global plague known as bullying lies in the actions of teachers heeding Dr. King's words quoted to the right. In order to respond, however, teachers urgently need help in recognizing...
School safety in Japan: Mombusho and the public/private divide.(Report)
August 15, 2008... Traditionally, violent acts against children in Japan were considered private, isolated incidents largely outside the reach of government policy and legal action (Upham, 1989). Increasingly, however, public perception in Japan, mainly driven by...
School-wide intervention in the childhood bullying triangle.(Report)
August 15, 2008... For 8-year-old Connor, every day is the same. While waiting for the school bus each morning, Connor counts the seconds until Jake arrives and starts to taunt him. Jake is the school bus bully, and he has taken a special "liking" to Connor. The...
Children's literature: perceptions of bullying.(Report)
August 15, 2008... Bullies! Don't you detest their hurtful attitude and taunting language? Don't you abhor how bullying makes the victims feel? Bullying has occurred throughout the generations and in all kinds of societies. Even animals can be said to bully one...
Bullying: a human rights and social studies issue.(Report)
August 15, 2008... "Bullying and victimization in schools have become major concerns for parents, teachers, and school psychologists" (Left, Kupersmidt, & Patterson, 1999, p. 505). Elementary and middle school teachers likely have seen students bully each other,...
A review: Journal of Research in Childhood Education, Vol. 22, No. 4, Summer 2008.(connecting classroom practice and research)
August 15, 2008... ACEI publishes two outstanding journals that have separate purposes, but both aim to inform. This column assists that function by informing Childhood Education readers about the practical contents of the Journal of Research in Childhood...