Childhood Education articles from June 1999

Childhood Education archives from June 1999

Teacher power: who has it, how to get it, and what to do with it.
June 22, 1999... Teachers wield a great deal of power in the lives of children and families. Thus, such power must be recognized. When asked about the characteristics of effective teachers, preservice or inservice teachers frequently use the following...

The parent panel: supporting children with special needs.
June 22, 1999... Parents and teachers can collaborate and cooperate to meet children's specific needs. By working together, everyone - parents, teachers, and children - benefits. The 1997 reauthorization of P.L. 105-17 (The Individuals With Disabilities...

Effects of maltreatment and ways to promote children's resiliency.
June 22, 1999... As concerned professionals, we need to advocate both for methods of preventing abuse and neglect, and for interventions that will assist maltreated children. Each year, about four million American children are exposed to traumatic events...

What should I put in my portfolio? Supporting young children's goals and evaluations.
June 22, 1999... Helping children to become more involved and responsible for their progress is consistent with a child-centered approach towards learning. Teacher: Tell me why you picked this story to put in your portfolio. Emily: I want to put this...

Supporting young researchers as they write to learn.
June 22, 1999... Language and learning go hand in hand as children explore specific topics of study through systematic inquiry. What is thunder? Are there really killer sharks? What do worms eat? Do bears live in Illinois? Young children are naturally...

"I hate math! I couldn't learn it, and I can't teach it!".(effective math instruction)
June 22, 1999... "I'm bad at math; it's always been my least-liked subject!" "I hated math in school . . . and my feelings haven't changed since." "When my parents moved to a new town, the kids had been doing long division for a semester already and I...

Sexual play: when should you be concerned?
June 22, 1999... While teachers were clear that such behaviors as hitting, biting, or not listening to the teacher were unacceptable, they seemed much more ambivalent and uncertain about behaviors that they perceived to be sexual. Early childhood teachers...

Looking for Miss Read: British education and the legacy of a great teacher.
June 22, 1999... In the darkening gloom of a July evening, the village of Peasemore, in the county of Berkshire, England, seemed a world away from our university campus in the midwestern United States. We were looking for the school in which Miss Read, an...

Journey to a strange land.(early childhood and parental guidance)
June 22, 1999... It is easy to think that parental responsibility is valuable only because it keeps the child safe. I think that it does much more. Think of how most of us might feel if we had to embark on a difficult adventure, such as a trek through an...

Windows on Learning: Documenting Young Children's Work.(Review)
June 22, 1999... Judy Harris Helm, Sallee Benke, & Kathy Steinheimer. New York: Teachers College Press, 1998. 203 pp. "What did you do in school today?" "Nothing." This exchange is commonly heard between adults and children. Many teachers find it...

The Courage to Teach: the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life.(Review)
June 22, 1999... Parker J. Palmer. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 256 pp. $22.00. The recurring theme of The Courage To Teach is "We teach who we are." This book is for "teachers who love learners, learning, and the teaching life." A personal and community...

Reading Instruction that Works: the Case for Balanced Teaching.(Review)
June 22, 1999... Michael Pressley. New York: Guilford, 1998. 298pp. $39.95 hardcover; $19.95 paper. Much of this book represents an expansion of a lecture series that Pressley delivered in his role as principal investigator at the National Reading Research...