Childhood Education articles from June 2001

Childhood Education archives from June 2001

Fussbusters(*): Using Peers To Mediate Conflict Resolution in a Head Start Classroom.
June 22, 2001... Violence is primarily a learned behavior, and kids who see constructive ways to deal with anger, frustration, and disappointment are learning violence prevention. As part of Head Start's support for children's social and emotional...

How Teachers Can Conduct Historical Reenactments in Their Own Schools.
June 22, 2001... The people of the past not only practices different customs, but also held different attitudes and values, making it very difficult for elementary students of the 21st century to interpret their lives. The flames spring up, igniting the...

An Artist Among Young Artists.
June 22, 2001... A Lesson for Teachers Bill did not want to direct the children's action. Rather, he wanted to help them view the world with the eye of an artist. Charlie's father, Bill, is an artist--a professional sculptor and a designer. When...

Using Documentation Panels To Communicate With Families.
June 22, 2001... Teachers have always faced the challenges of developing communication between the home and the school, as well as of conveying their understanding about how children learn. Upon arriving at her son's classroom one afternoon, a mother...

Early Care and Education in Ghana.
June 22, 2001... The present level of care and education offered to young children in Ghana is a direct consequences of many events from the nation's past. In 1957, Ghana was the first West African country to gain its independence from colonial rule....

A New Beginning.(Association for Childhood Education International)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE As I begin my term as President of the Association for Childhood Education International, I am struck by the number of new beginnings we are experiencing this year. A time of new beginnings means that all of us can...

Each of Us Is an Advocate for Children.(Association for Childhood Education International)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR As one of the foremost professional organizations in the world concerned about children, ACEI focuses on the inherent rights, education, and well-being of children from birth through early adolescence. Although...

More Global Responsibility.(censorship of video recordings)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... VICE PRESIDENT'S VISTA At the beginning of this year, Finland relaxed some of its control over videos that are available to the public. Earlier, the state had censored videos that showed cruel violence and hard-core pornography. Now, even...

ACEI Membership Elects New Member-At-Large for 2001-2004.(Sue Martin)(Association for Childhood Education International)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... ASSOCIATION NEWS The Association for Childhood Education International is proud to announce that Sue Martin has been elected Member-at-Large for the Association. Martin, a Professor of Early Childhood Education at Centennial College in...

New Post for ACEI's Past President.(Shirley C. Raines named president of the University of Memphis)(Association for Childhood Education International)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... MEMBERS IN THE NEWS ACEI is proud to announce I that Past President Shirley C. Raines, Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education, has recently accepted an offer to become the 11th President of the University of Memphis (UM)....

In the News ...(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... In response to the recent shooting at Santana High School in California, ACEI disseminated the following statement. The members of the Association for Childhood Education International extend their thoughts and prayers to the families and...

Elizabeth Breathwaite Mini-Grant Project Winner: The World in Your Hands: Geography for Primary Students.(William P. Fitzhugh)
June 22, 2001... ELIZABETH BREATHWAITE MINI-GRANT PROJECT William P. Fitzhugh, a 2nd-grade teacher at Reisterstown Elementary School, Reisterstown, Maryland, recently won ACEI's Elizabeth Breathwaite Mini-Grant for the following geography project, "The...

Avenues for Fostering Character Education.
June 22, 2001... Helping students to possess and model positive virtues is an important goal of today's classrooms. This issue's column features ideas for students in elementary and middle schools on the theme of character education. A variety of suggested...

VH1 "Save the Music" Expands Campaign To Restore Music Education in 43 U.S. Cities.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... VH1 "Save the Music" is expanding its 2001 campaign to restore public school music education programs for children in 43 United States cities (up from 40 last year). The VH1 Save the Music Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to...

Educational Web Sites for Students and Educators.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... American College of Chest Physicians' Educational Guide To Promote Lung Health in Children http://www.chestnet.org/children Elementary school children can begin learning about lung health while having fun with a new online Educational...

Reflections on the Accomplishments of ACEI's Student Members.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... STUDENT SLANT Dear Student Members, With this issue, I have completed one half of my term as Student Representative. As I write this column, I am thinking about what we student members have done over this year, and what else we could...

ACEI--A Global Village of People.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... MEMBERANDUM In his 1961 Inaugural Address, President John F. Kennedy ignited the imaginations of a restless generation when he said, "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." While ACEI is not a...

Still Time To Celebrate Teachers!
June 22, 2001... BRANCH BUSINESS The annual Week of the Classroom Teacher Celebration will be held May 6-12, 2001--around the world! If you thought you were too late for the celebration, we want to let you know that you still have time to order the Week of...

SEND FOR.(How To Help a Grieving Child, Parents' and Teachers' Guide to On-line Privacy)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Free: "How To Help a Grieving Child," flyer by the Dougy National Center for Grieving Children and Families. For a single copy, send a self addressed, stamped envelope to The National Center for Grieving Children and Families, 3903 S.E. 52nd...

PUBLICATIONS UPDATE.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... ACEI's publication program continues to progress. Over the past year, we have added several new publications to our collection and have added a new Professional Focus newsletter, Focus on Teacher Education. Our two journals, Childhood Education...

An Effective Way of Teaching Early Childhood Education On-line.
June 22, 2001... A teaching strategy can be defined as a carefully prepared plan that involves steps to achieve a goal (Grossman & Williston, 1999, p. 235). Given the advancements in computer technology and the widespread use of the Internet, there is...

In-School Commercialism: A Slick Compulsory Change Movement.
June 22, 2001... Since the U.S. Supreme Court banned prayer in public schools in the 1960s, no outside influence has been as pervasive as that of the nation's business community, whose dictates have seeped into our public institutions. Nor does any other domain...

The World of Words.
June 22, 2001... We think of language as starting with a child's first word. Aside from being a thrilling moment for parents, that first word heralds the beginning of a new stage in our parenting. We begin to foresee a future of conversations and discussions....

Strategies for Teaching Early Childhood Students To Connect Reflective Thinking to Practice.(Illustration)
June 22, 2001... This is a follow-up article to a "Teaching Strategies" column that examined how to help college and university teacher educators think about and plan for linking course content and the learning process (Grossman & Williston, 1998/99). In this...

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.(Directory)
June 22, 2001... Nonfiction Freedman, Russell GIVE ME LIBERTY! The Story of the Declaration of Independence. ISBN 0-8234-1448-5. New York: Holiday House, 2000. 90pp. $24.95. Freedman describes not only the events leading up to the signing of the...

TEACHING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.(Review)
June 22, 2001... TEACHING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. M. L. Manning & K. T. Bucher. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice-Hall, 2001. 339 pp. $41.00. An advertising slogan from a popular cookie maker is "The Best Stuff Is in the Middle." That same sentiment could...

WONDROUS WORDS: Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom.(Review)
June 22, 2001... WONDROUS WORDS: Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom. K. W. Ray. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1999. 316 pp. $22.95. Ray's philosophy--that students learn to write well by studying writers' techniques--is...

>A PATH TO FOLLOW: Learning To Listen to Parents.(Review)
June 22, 2001... A PATH TO FOLLOW: Learning To Listen to Parents. P. A. Edwards, H. M. Pleasants, & S. H. Franklin. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1999. 112 pp. $14.00 paper. A Path To Follow suggests that parent stories can be a highly effective, collaborative...

Titles of Note.(bibliography)(Bibliography)
June 22, 2001... Action, Talk, & Text: Learning & Teaching Through Inquiry. Gordon Wells (Ed.). New York: Teachers College Press, 2000. Aggressive Adolescent, The: Clinical & Forensic Issues. Daniel L. Davis. Binghamton, NY: Haworth, 2000. Assessment:...

Learning in the Robotic World: Active or Reactive?
June 22, 2001... Remember playing with the "Chatty Cathy," "Crawling Baby," or "Betsy Wetsy" dolls of earlier eras, which talked, crawled, or even wet when a string was pulled? And how children used the pervasive battery-operated cars, trains, or planes that...

Electronic Buddies Later Childhood.(Association for Childhood Education International system)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Dear ACEI Members: The Later Childhood Committee would like to get an electronic buddy system up and running. We would specifically like to get students and new teachers into this "program," but we're hoping that anyone interested will...

PRISONERS OF TIME: Too Much To Teach; Not Enough Time To Teach It.(Review)
June 22, 2001... Original report by The National Education Commission on Time and Learning. Expanded and updated by Crystal Springs Books and Staff Development for Educators, 2000. 112 pp. Unfortunately, the average American school is controlled more by the...

WHEN DEATH IMPACTS YOUR SCHOOL: A Guide for School Administrators.(Review)
June 22, 2001... A Guide for School Administrators. The Dougy Center, The National Center for Grieving Children and Families, 2000. 56 pp. In times of crisis, strong leadership gives people the sense of security they need to begin the healing process. This...

THE ELLIS ISLAND EXPERIENCE.(Review)
June 22, 2001... The History Channel and SouthPeak Interactive, 2000. Interactive CD-ROM. Created in conjunction with the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, this interactive CD-ROM provides a fascinating portrait of immigration to the United States in...

CITY VOICES, CHILDREN'S NEEDS: New Ways of Taking Action.(Review)
June 22, 2001... Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, National League of Cities, 2000. 26 pp. Municipal leaders across the country consistently cite as their greatest challenges improving the quality of schools and lessening the prevalence of violence....

ENGAGING FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES: Pathways to Educational Success.(Review)
June 22, 2001... Larry E. Decker, Virginia A. Decker, Mary Richardson Boo, Gloria A. Gregg, & Joanne Erickson. Sponsored by the National Community Education Association in cooperation with Florida Atlantic University. Decker & Associates, 2000. 123 pp. Today's...

SMALL SCHOOLS: GREAT STRIDES. A Study of New Small Schools in Chicago.(Review)
June 22, 2001... Patricia A. Wasley, Michelle Fine, Matt Gladden, Nicole E. Holland, Sherry P. King, Esther Mosak, & Linda C. Powell. Bank Street College of Education, 2000. 80 pp. This Bank Street College study, funded by the Joyce Foundation, focuses on 150...