Childhood Education articles from December 2002

Childhood Education archives from December 2002

Building a learning community: students and adults as inquirers.
December 22, 2002... Graves (1992) defines a learning community as "an inherently cooperative, cohesive, and self reflective group entity whose members work... toward common goals while respecting a variety of perspectives, values and life styles" (p. 94). Over...

Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son: reading while having fun.
December 22, 2002... Oh, the power of poetry! Not only can poetry affect the soul and raise it to new heights, create shivers with a perfectly phrased description, or heal jangled nerves through the gentle rhythm and sounds of alliteration and rhyme, it also can be...

Bibliotherapy in the classroom: using literature to promote the development of emotional intelligence.
December 22, 2002... Jan is a bright, enthusiastic 2nd-grade student who nevertheless has trouble making friends and maintaining social relationships. Jan frequently misunderstands others' intentions, and responds by displaying aggressive behavior toward her...

Developing an E-Pal partnership: a school-based international activity.
December 22, 2002... Many educators and researchers (Au, 1993; Barnitz, 1998; Dixon-Kraus, 1996; Freeman & Freeman, 1990; Halliday, 1975; Lindfors, 1987; Vygotsky, 1978, 1980) contend that personal communication plays a prominent role in learning a language....

Typical school day experiences of Indian children in different contexts.
December 22, 2002... India is a vast, diverse country with a rich cultural heritage. Once a seat of consummate learning, colonialism brought socio-economic deprivations and inequalities, leading to significant illiteracy. A closer examination, however, reveals that...

Classroom problems that don't go away.
December 22, 2002... Wade runs "combat-style" beneath the windows of his school as he makes his getaway from his 1st-grade classroom. It is still early in the school year, but this is the third time Wade has tried to escape. Previously, his teacher has managed to...

To be successful--let them play! (For Parents Particularly).
December 22, 2002... Upon observing her son's class, a parent of a kindergarten child asked the principal, "These kids are just playing--when are they going to start learning something?" All parents reach a point when they anxiously wait for their children to...

Strategies for helping early childhood students learn appropriate teaching practices. (Teaching Strategies).
December 22, 2002... This is the final article in our series on teaching strategies to help college and university teacher educators think about and plan for linking course content and the learning process (see the Teaching Strategies columns from the Winter...

Arnosky, Jim All About Frogs.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by author. ISBN 0-590-48164-9. New York: Scholastic Press, 2002. Unp. $15.95. Frogs come to life through the author's colorful and detailed illustrations. The book is packed with factual information about frogs and their environments,...

Bradby, Marie Once Upon A Farm.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by Ted Rand. ISBN 0-439-31766-5. New York: Orchard Books, 2002. Unp. $16.95. The beautiful watercolor illustrations and short, simple stanzas evoke the joys and hard work of farming. Gradually, we get the idea that this way of life is...

Dotlich, Rebecca Kai A Family Like Yours.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by Tammie Lyon. ISBN 1-56397-916-0. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2002. Unp. $14.95. With playful rhymes and colorful, animated illustrations, the uniqueness and variety of families are joyously explored in this wonderfully affirming...

Grimes, Nikki C is for City.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by Pat Cummings. ISBN 1-59078-013-2. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 2002. Unp. $9.95. This book uses the alphabet in an enjoyable way to sensitively portray the multicultural aspects of life in a city. Rhyme and bright, colorful...

Helman, Andrea C is for Coyote: a Southwest Alphabet Book.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Photographs by Art Wolfe and Gavriel Jecan. ISBN 0-87358-798-7. Flagstaff, AZ: Rising Moon, an imprint of Northland Publishing, 2002. Unp. $15.95. Captivating pictures of wildlife, landscapes, and habitats of the southwest region of the United...

Lourie, Peter On the Trail of Lewis and Clark: a Journey up the Missouri River.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... ISBN 1-56397-936-5. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2002. 48 pp. $19.95. River expert Peter Lourie compares his experiences traveling the Missouri River to those of Lewis and Clark as he retraces the historical expedition. Lourie relates...

Pinkney, Sandra A Rainbow All Around Me.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Photographs by Myles C. Pinkney. ISBN 0-439-30928-X. New York: Scholastic, 2002. Unp. $14.95. Young children will be drawn to this colorfully photographed book about our multicultural world. Readers also will identify with the moods and...

Simon, Seymour Danger! Earthquakes.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Photographs by David Weintraub and others. ISBN 1-58717-139-2. New York: Sea Star Books, 2002. Unp. $13.95. According to the author, earthquakes "cause more damage than any other natural disaster." Through full-page dramatic photos and...

Cheripko, Jan Rat.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... ISBN 1-59078-034-5. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2002. 205 pp. $15.95. Knowing that he will never make the school's basketball team because of a birth defect, Jeremy nevertheless lives and breathes the game and hangs out at the gym with...

Crimi, Carolyn Tessa's Tip-Tapping Toes.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by Marsha Gray Carrington. ISBN 0-439-31768-1. New York: Orchard Books, 2002. Unp. $16.95. Tessa tap dances in her bottle-cap slippers while other mice scurry through the house searching for food. Oscar the cat enjoys crooning tunes. Tessa...

Danzinger, Paula United Tates of America.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... ISBN 0-590-69221-6. New York: Scholastic Books, 2002. 123 pp. $15.95. Eleven-year-old aspiring artist Skate Tate is going through a time of change... moving up to middle school and a change of friends. Her saving grace is her world-traveling...

Dominguez, Kelli Kyle The Perfect Pinata.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by Diane Paterson. Spanish translation by Teresa Mlawer. ISBN 0-8075-6495-8. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 2002. Unp. $14.95. Marisa's birthday is only a few days away, so she goes with her mother to get a butterfly pinata for her...

Dreyer, Ann After Elaine.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... ISBN 0-8126-2651-6. Chicago: Cricket Books, 2002. 129 pp. $16.95. Eleven-year-old Gina's life suddenly takes a turn for the worse when her troubled older sister, Elaine, is killed. She begins to argue with teachers, get in fights, and follow in...

Gliori, Debi Tickly Under There.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by author. ISBN 0-439-2-4404-8. New York: Orchard Books, 2002. Unp. $5.95. This fun-filled board book with its inviting, bright, detailed illustrations is a wonderful way for young children to learn about their bodies. As daddy bear and his...

Goode, Diane Monkey Mo Goes to Sea.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by author. ISBN 0-439-26681-5. New York: The Blue Sky Press, 2002. Unp. $15.95. A young boy and his monkey are invited by the boy's grandfather to accompany him on a trip aboard a luxury steamship. The only catch is that the monkey must...

Iijima, Geneva Cobb The Way We Do It in Japan.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by Paige Billin-Frye. ISBN 0-8075-7822-3. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 2002. Unp. $14.95. When Gregory and his family learn that they must move from Kansas to Japan, Gregory wonders what it will be like to adapt to a completely...

Johnston, Tony Gopher Up Your Sleeve.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by Trip Park. ISBN 0-87358-794-4. Flagstaff, AZ: Rising Moon, 2002. Unp. $15.95. Both adults and children will delight in this whimsical, humorous collection of verse. The vibrant, colorful illustrations representing outlandish animals,...

Kirby, David & Allen Woodman The Cows are Going to Paris.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by Chris C. Demarest. ISBN 1-56397-781-8. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2002. 32 pp. $8.95. A herd of ordinary cows grows bored of their everyday pasture life and decides to take a train into Paris. While on the train, they dress up in...

Kline, Lisa Williams The Princesses of Atlantis.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... ISBN 0-8126-2855-1. Chicago: Cricket, 2002. 174 pp. $16.95. Twelve-year-old Carly enjoys spending time at her friend Arlene's house, where a literary atmosphere prevails. Arlene's family often discusses classic literature, and the girls present...

Martin, Ann Belle Teal.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... ISBN 0-439-09823-8. New York: Scholastic, 2001. 214 pp. $15.95. Belle Teal Harper writes in her journal for solace, sorting out the puzzling actions of her classmates and the adults who affect their lives. Martin emphasizes the importance of...

Muller, Birte Giant Jack.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by author. ISBN 0-7358-1620-4. New York: North-South Books, 2002. Unp. $15.95. Jack finds that he is too big and clumsy to play the games that his mouse sisters play, and begins to feel left out and sad. Jack's mother explains that he is...

Munsch, Robert Playhouse.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by Michael Martchenko. ISBN 0-439-18772-9. New York: Scholastic, 2002. Unp. $13.95. Rene lives on a farm way out in the woods. She asks her father to build her a playhouse, and he obliges. Then she wants a play farm! Again, he does as she...

Nakamura, Katherine Riley Song of Night.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by Linnea Riley. ISBN 0-439-26678-5. New York: Blue Sky Press, 2002. Unp. $15.95. This delightful bedtime book pairs the talent of an award-winning artist with her daughter's fluent writing skills. This comforting story shows animal...

Popp, Monika Farm Year.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by author. ISBN 0-88899-452-4. Toronto, Canada: Groundwood, 2002. Unp. $18.95. This is a wonderful story about the relationship that blossoms between a young boy and his cow. The adventures and celebrations on the Sullivan family farm are...

Reider, Katja The Big Little Sneeze.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by Wolfgang Slawski. ISBN 0-7358-1628-X. New York: North-South Books, 2002. 32 pp. $15.95. This story begins when Max sneezes just one little sneeze. His friends become so concerned for him that they go to every extreme to ensure he will...

Reynolds, Adrian Pete and Polo's Farmyard Adventure.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by author. ISBN 0-439-30913-1. New York (originally, London): Orchard Books, 2002. Unp. $16.95. Pete and his favorite stuffed toy, Polo, are down on the farm with Grandpa. Grandpa invites the two down to the pond to count the ducklings;...

Sayre, April Pulley Noodle Man, The Pasta Superhero.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by Stephen Costanza. ISBN 0-439-29307-3. New York: Orchard Books, 2002. Unp. $16.95. Move over, Spiderman! Noodle Man nabs crooks with webs of fresh angel hair spaghetti in this tale stuffed with pasta puns. Our hero, Al Dente, even meets a...

Seidler, Tor Brothers Below Zero.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... ISBN 0-06-029179-6. New York HarperCollins, 2002. 137 pp. $14.95. Tim always considers himself to be second best to his younger brother John Henry. Fortunately, his Great-Aunt Winifred helps Tim discover that he is an exceptionally talented...

Vail, Rachel Sometimes I'm Bombaloo.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by Yumi Heo. ISBN 0-439-08755-4. New York: Scholastic, 2002. Unp. $15.95. Katie Honors is a terrific kid; sometimes, however, her little brother aggravates her into becoming "Bombaloo," a growling, monster-like child who uses her fists and...

Vande Griek, Susan The Art Room.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by Pascal Milelli. ISBN 0-88899-449-4. Berkeley, CA: Publishers Group West, 2002. 32 pp. $15.95. A brother and sister decide to enroll in Miss M. Emily Carr's art classes after reading an ad in the newspaper. The children discover a unique...

Weninger, Brigitte It's Bedtime!(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Il. by Alan Marks. ISBN 0-7358-1602-6. New York: North-South Books, 2002. Unp. $15.95. What child ever wants to go to bed? Ben is certainly no different. Mother tries to convince him to take one of his soft, cuddly stuffed toys to bed, but he...

Teacher Inquiries In Literacy Teaching-Learning: Learning to Collaborate in Elementary Urban Classrooms.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Christine C. Pappas & Liliana Barro Zecker, Eds. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2001. 258 pp. $32.50. I am often frustrated by my college students' hesitation to discuss their ideas in class. Most of them seem to have learned that the teacher has all the...

Reinventing the Middle School.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Thomas Dickinson (Ed.). New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2001. 346 pp. $25.95. Being a 6th-grade teacher, I thought that a book titled Reinventing the Middle School was right up my alley. The book is divided into sections focusing on foundations,...

The Power of Fantasy in Early Learning: a Connective Pedagogy.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Jenny Tyrrell. New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2001. 143 pp. $20.95. Experienced and prospective teachers will find this book to be a great read. It includes valuable pedagogical information, supported by concrete examples. Tyrrell wrote this book...

From the Ground Up: Creating a Culture of Inquiry.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... H. Mills & A. Donnelly (Eds.). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2001. 244 pp. The Center for Inquiry, in operation for four years, is a K-5 public school in Columbia, South Carolina. It was formed as the result of a partnership between the University...

Teaching Young Children: Contexts for Learning.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... K. L. Slentz & S. L. Krogh. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2001. 214pp. Slentz and Krogh have written an insightful text that offers the reader a blend of theory, research, and practical applications. This book, written for undergraduate and graduate...

Art As a Way of Learning[TM]: Explorations in Teaching.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Patricia Pinciotti with Diann Berry, Cheri Sterman, and Rebecca L. Gorton. Bethlehem, PA: Northampton Community College (in partnership with Binney & Smith), 2001. 252 pp. $30.00. Art As a Way of Learning[TM] was written to accompany an...

Choosing technology to meet varied learning purposes. (Technology in the Classroom).
December 22, 2002... It is a rare classroom these days that doesn't have computers and a teacher who expects children to use them in some way to enhance learning. There is no question that computer software focused on reinforcing basic skills has been popular with...

What Happened to the World? Helping Children Cope in Turbulent Times.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Written by Jim Greenman and published collaboratively by Bright Horizons Family Solutions, JP Morgan Chase, Mercy Corps, and The Dougy Center, 2001, 63 pp. This booklet offers guidance for adults seeking to explain the events of September 11,...

Shane's Inspiration: Creating Boundless Playgrounds for Children of All Abilities.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Tiffany Harris, Executive Director, Shane's Inspiration, Valley Village, CA, 2002, pamphlet and videotape. Shane's Inspiration is a nonprofit organization that promotes the development of public playgrounds where children of all abilities have...

Lesson Study: Can Japanese Methods Translate to U.S. Schools?(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Karen Kelly, Harvard Education Letter, May/June 2002, Volume 18, Number 3, 8 pp. This edition of the Harvard Education Letter contains articles and resources helpful to staff development personnel and teacher educators interested in using the...

High Stakes: Time Poverty, Testing and the Children of the Working Poor.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Margaret M. Chin & Katherine S. Newman, The Foundation of Child Development, Working Paper Series, 2002, 55 pp. This paper explores the ever-increasing burdens and responsibilities placed on society's low-income families. Public schools, facing...

Lighting the Way: Volunteer Child Advocates Speak Out.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Edited by the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association. CWLA Press, Washington, DC, 2002, 94 pp. $9.95. The Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program was begun 25 years ago by a judge in Seattle who felt he needed more...

How Urban School Systems Can Succeed: Lessons for the Houston Independent School District, Executive Summary.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2002... Center for Reform of School Systems, 2001, 7 pp. The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh largest in the United States. With a reform agenda in place for more than a decade and...

The teacher's role in territorial conflicts of 2- to 3-year-old children. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2002... --Singer & Hannikainen Using ethnographic methodology, this study explores the teacher's role in young children's territorial conflicts in Dutch and Finnish child care centers. The authors explain how territorial conflicts stem from a...

Conflict resolution in a preschool constructivist classroom: a case study in negotiation. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2002... --Arcaro-McPhee, Doppler, & Harkins The purpose of this case study was to determine a child's development of conflict resolution skills when a peer problem model was used in a constructivist-designed classroom. Data were collected using...

Play and social interaction of children with disabilities at learning/activity centers in an inclusive preschool. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2002... --Brown & Bergen This study examines the type of play and social interactions of preschool children with disabilities while engaged at learning/activity centers in an inclusive program. Few preschool programs have systematically evaluated...

Phonemic awareness and beginning reading and writing. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2002... --Kamii & Manning Using English-speaking American children, this study replicates parts of Vernon and Ferreiro's literacy study with Spanish-speaking children. Sixty-eight kindergartners from six classrooms received holistic reading and...

Joint writing in Hebrew of dictated words versus proper names: an analysis of low SES mother-kindergartner dyads. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2002... --Aram This quantitative study explores how mothers mediate writing with their children, and makes comparisons across two writing activities. Parental mediation in different contexts has been scarcely studied in the emergent literacy...

The effects of native language books on the pre-literacy skill development of language minority kindergartners. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2002... --Hancock This quasi-experimental study sought to determine if Spanish-language books would positively influence literacy skill development of Spanish-speaking kindergartners. Participants included 77 children (52 native Spanish speakers...

Young children's thinking in relation to texts: a comparison with older children. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2002... --Feathers This study investigates the thinking in which young children engage in relation to authentic literature, as expressed in their unassisted retellings. Young children (10 kindergartners) were read a narrative text, after which...

An assessment of the North Carolina school-age child care accreditation initiative. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2002... --Hall & Cassidy The purpose of this study was to determine if participation in the North Carolina Quality Enhancement Initiative (NCQEI) improved the overall quality of the 26 participating school-age child care programs in three North...

Chinese children's self-perceptions of ability in physical education. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2002... --Xiang This study examines grade-related changes in Chinese children's self-perceptions of ability in physical education. Students (n=131) in 4th, 8th, and 11th grades from three public schools in Shanghai were interviewed about their...

An asset model: preparing preservice teachers to work with children and families "of promise". (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2002... --Blasi This multi-method study investigates the preparation of preservice teachers to work with children and families "of promise." Past research shows that teacher knowledge about families of children "at risk" is often uneven and...

ACEI Annual International Conference & Exhibition.
December 22, 2002... Bridging the Gap: Educating the Hearts & Minds of Our Future April 13-16, 2003 Hyatt Regency Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona USA Conference at a Glance Sunday MONDAY APRIL...

Go west! The mix of Spanish and Native American cultures is clearly evident in the food, architecture, and blending of languages that give Phoenix its colorful character.
December 22, 2002... The country's sixth-largest city, Phoenix is named after the mythical bird of great beauty, fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness. Along with enjoying some of the best weather in the world, this family-friendly city plays...

Keynote speakers.
December 22, 2002... Opening General Session Sunday, April 13, 5:15-6:30 p.m. Teaching Life Skills to Special Needs Students... And Having Fun at the Same Time! Maria Frontain is a Special Education Life Skills teacher (9th-12th grades) at Flowing...

ACEI 2003 conference events.
December 22, 2002... Opening Gala Banquet Sunday, April 13, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $56 per person Enjoy this taste of Southwest culture as you relax in the company of ACEI friends and colleagues. Following a delicious dinner you will be treated to a Native...

A sampling of sessions.(Association for Childhood Education International)
December 22, 2002... Committee-Sponsored Special Sessions State of Children and Families Around the World in 2003 Creative Construction of Mathematics and Science Concepts in Early Childhood Racism in the Classroom: Case Studies It's Elementary!...

Forward to spring and Phoenix. (President's Message).(Association for Childhood Education International)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2002... As winter and cold weather approach, my thoughts already are turning to spring and warmer, sunnier climates. That leads me to think of Phoenix, Arizona, and our 2003 Annual Conference, which will be held there from April 13th to 16th. Phoenix...

A voice for children worldwide. (From The Executive Director).(Association for Childhood Education International)
December 22, 2002... With the dawn of the new year just around the corner, I think this is a good time for all ACEI members to renew their commitment to children, teaching, and their professional association. Given the state of world affairs and the plight of...

Call for nominations: 2004 Executive Board Election.(Association for Childhood Education International)
December 22, 2002... PRESIDENT ELECT * Serve as Executive Board Committee Liaison * Should be knowledgeable of the activities of the President * Represent the President at various organizational meetings if the President is unable to attend * In...

Learning through culture. (International/Intercultural).
December 22, 2002... Values, attitudes, and skills in a society are conditioned by the predominant culture, and they affect the educational system. It imparts a certain bias to the teaching and learning process (Thirumurthy & Seok-Hoon, 2000). During the...

Will that be on the test? (Professional Standards/Teacher Education).
December 22, 2002... Unless you have been living on a remote tropical island, you have been hearing the phrase "high-stakes testing" frequently. Both federal and state governments are requiring more tests of students of all ages. This is as true for preservice...

In memoriam.
December 22, 2002... Edith F. Bondi We are saddened to report the recent passing, on November 2, 2002, of a very good friend to children and to ACEI. A full article of appreciation will appear in an upcoming issue of the ACEI Exchange. Mauricia Price ...

An update on public affairs. (From the Public Relations Manager).(Association for Childhood Education International)
December 22, 2002... We have been pursuing several exciting projects as part of ACEI's Publications Relations efforts. Here is a sampling: * We posted a link to the Spring 2002 issue of AdvoCasey, the policy magazine published by the Annie E. Casey Foundation...

ACEI approves new resolution.(Association for Childhood Education International)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2002... The following resolution was passed at the 2002 ACEI Annual Conference and Exhibition: RESOLUTION ON THE TREATMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN Whereas, ACEI continues to show concern about the issues of violence, education discrimination,...

Family fun reading night: making it happen. (Classroom Idea-Sparkers).
December 22, 2002... In an effort to encourage families to become involved in student learning, our school developed the idea of a family fun reading night. The program evolved from a once-a-month activity to a weekly program. Family Fun Reading Night offers...

Learning about cultural diversity at the preschool level. (Cultural Diversity).
December 22, 2002... It is apparent that the number of students from culturally diverse backgrounds in schools is increasing. In 25 of the largest cities in the United States, at least one-half of the students are from linguistically and culturally diverse groups,...

Strategic plan 2002-2003: Association for Childhood Education International.
December 22, 2002... MISSION OF ACEI The Mission of ACEI is to promote and support in the global community the optimal education and development of children, from birth through early adolescence, and to influence the professional growth of educators and the...

Celebrating 110 year's of service. (Memberandum).(Association for Childhood Education International)
December 22, 2002... Near the village of Gonia, on Crete, there is an institute dedicated to human understanding and peace. The story of how it came to be there concerns a remarkable man, Alexander Papaderos. A doctor of philosophy, teacher, politician, and...

Arkansas State University. (Branch News).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2002... This year, we had our October meeting on two different days at 7:15 a.m.--a time that fits into many of our members' schedules. Our program was related to our school's upcoming NCATE accreditation visit for the College of Education. We used a...

Texas A&M University/Bluebonnet ACEI. (Branch News).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2002... The Texas Bluebonnett Branch gave students two service opportunities to participate in during the holiday season. One project was to work in a local church nursery. The other was through the Barbara Bush Parent Center. It was an awesome...

Teaching and being a success. (Student Slant).
December 22, 2002... The school year is halfway complete, and your thoughts be turning towards an internship or student teaching. Expectations are high, and people are nervous. Every preservice teacher, child care worker, principal, and teacher has the same emotion...

Active ACEI [Association for Childhood Education International] branches: Part One. (Program Development).(Column)
December 22, 2002... At the 2002 Annual Study Conference in San Diego, the Program Development Committee held a special session to share ideas. In this roundtable discussion conference attendees were asked to share their Branch activities with other ACEI members....

Teaching peace in a violent world. (From the United Nations).
December 22, 2002... The members of ACEI can be proud of the consultative status we have with the United Nations as a nongovernmental organization (NGO). This is an honor and an affirmation of ACEI's mission for education and advocacy. As your current...