Childhood Education articles from January 1994

Childhood Education archives from January 1994

Creating safer environments for children in the home, school and community. (Cover Story)
January 1, 1994... Recently, an affluent family near Boston lost their only son through an act of violence. This boy was a well-respected member of his senior high school class and his community. His potential had just been recognized by acceptance into the college...

Violence as a public health issue for children. (Creating Safer Environments for Children in the Home, School and Community)
January 1, 1994... The Surgeon General's primary role is to make the people of the United States aware of serious health threats. One does not have to look far into the home, school or community to realize that a major threat to our health is violence. I would like...

Creating safer environments for children. (Creating Safer Environments for Children in the Home, School and Community)
January 1, 1994... Unintentional injury is the leading health threat to America's children. Every year, approximately 7,250 children are killed and another 50,000 are permanently disabled from injuries that could have been prevented (National Center for Health...

Building a peaceable classroom: helping young children feel safe in violent times. (Creating Safer Environments for Children in the Home, School and Community)
January 1, 1994... Imagine these scenarios: A 5-year-old child is on an airplane. After running the pre-flight airplane safety video, the flight attendant announces a special video feature "for our passengers' viewing pleasure." Suddenly, the child's mother is...

Schools providing safer environments for homeless children. (Creating Safer Environments for Children in the Home, School and Community)
January 1, 1994... Homelessness is on the increase. One study estimated that up to 3 million people in America have not, at some time during any given year, lived in a fixed residence (National Coalition for the Homeless, 1990). In the early 1980s, homeless...

Helping children develop self-control. (Creating Safer Environments for Children in the Home, School and Community)
January 1, 1994... The apparent causes of children's violent behavior are well known. Children are often witnesses of violence committed by one adult against another, and are themselves frequent victims of abuse or neglect. Gunfire has become commonplace in cities....

Conflict resolution and peer mediation: pathways to safer schools. (Creating Safer Environments for Children in the Home, School and Community)
January 1, 1994... Most educators will agree that finding ways to resolve conflict peaceably in America's schools may be our primary challenge. As waves of violence and incidents of racial and societal unrest spill over into our classrooms, we must take a closer...

Safety and children: how schools can help. (Creating Safer Environments for Children in the Home, School and Community)
January 1, 1994... The safety of America's children and youth can no longer be taken for granted. Drugs, alcohol, AIDS and violence threaten young people daily. The incidence of child abuse and neglect has reached epidemic proportions. The increase in substance...

Peer conflicts in the classroom: drawing implications from research. (Creating Safer Environments for Children in the Home, School and Community)(Reviews of Research)
January 1, 1994... If teachers and parents learn to understand children's earliest peer conflicts, they will be in a better position to help young children break the current cycle of widespread violence. Classroom conflicts and disputes are a natural occurrence...

Should teachers permit or discourage violent play themes? (Creating Safer Environments for Children in the Home, School and Community)(Teaching Strategies)
January 1, 1994... It happens almost every time I give a workshop on play as a medium for learning and development (Bergen, 1988). Either during the question period or after the session is over, at least one teacher asks, What do you do about gun play at school?...

Children and the environment: aesthetic learning. (For Parents Particularly)
January 1, 1994... There was a child went forth every day And the first object he looked upon, that object he became, And that object became part of him for the day or a certain party of the day. Growing evidence shows that children both value and care about...

Voices from the Future: Our Children Tell Us About Violence in America.(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 1994... This volume is the third in a series of books generated by Children's Express, the award-winning Washington-based news service whose reporters and editors are teenagers. This unique service was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1982 and won...

War and Peace Literature for Children and Young Adults: A Resource Guide to Significant Issues.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1994... Walter points out several indicators that suggest children need well-written books about war: five major powers hold nuclear weapons, the U.S. has a long history of wars and many children watch scenes of war on television. Walter states...

Teaching Young Children in Violent Times: Building a Peaceable Classroom.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1994... Children growing up in America today are exposed to increasing amounts of violence--the entertainment violence of media and toys, as well as the real world violence in their families, communities and television news. Diane Levin's passionate...

Whose Language? What Power?: Universal Conflict in a South African Setting.
January 1, 1994... It would be easy to assign the villain's role to the university faculty described in this excellent book, while glorifying the students. The reader might also be tempted to consider this ethnographic tale of teacher education as peculiar to South...

Peace Education in America; 1828-1990: Sourcebook for Education and Research.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1994... The author is well known for her workshops and presentations on teaching children conflict-resolution skills and her articles on peace education. This book was inspired by the recent Gulf War conflict in which American forces were sent off once...