Childhood Education articles from September 1998

Childhood Education archives from September 1998

Parents as partners in schooling: the current state of affairs.
September 15, 1998... Overview of 9 OECD Nations Parents and other family members are children's first educators, responsible for children's early socialization, and for setting a mental and emotional foundation upon which the school and community will build....

From mutual blame towards trust: Changing school-family relationships in Chile.
September 15, 1998... Assisting Parents with Child and Adolescent Development Family-school collaboration is one of the central contributors to children's to children's successful development and learning. This holds true especially for minority groups and...

The challenge of parenting education: New demands for schools in Spain.
September 15, 1998... Assisting Parents with Child and Adolescent Development The demand for parent education is increasing. Schools are offering parenting parenting education as a way to prevent or reduce family problems, answer parents' critical questions about...

Involving parents in child assessments in the United Kingdom.
September 15, 1998... Assisting Parents with Child and Adolescent Development Within the education and educational psychology fields, there is a long tradition of practitioners testing and evaluating children. Assessment experts - a cornerstone of the professional...

Home-school cooperation at the secondary level in the United Kingdom.
September 15, 1998... This article discusses findings from the Successful Schools Project, a two-year national project involving 10 secondary schools in England and Wales. The project aimed to identify appropriate strategies for involving parents in their adolescents...

Opening school doors: Teacher-parent-student relations in Cyprus.
September 15, 1998... This article describes an intervention to improve teacher-parent-student partnerships in Cyprus, a country where home-school relations are not yet very amicable. The intervention was conducted in 1995-96 in two schools, one urban and one rural,...

The effects of parental involvement in homework on student achievement in Portugal and Luxembourg.
September 15, 1998... An ongoing debate about the importance of homework and its relevance to students' achievement raises questions about the type of homework that is most conducive to students' learning, and the role parents should play in their children's homework...

Parents as partners in schooling in Germany: the urgency of fundamental dialogue.
September 15, 1998... Home-school cooperation is not an exotic garden, as it is sometimes viewed, but rather it is the potato field we need to cultivate in order to keep us alive. It is possible to cultivate such a productive field if we are really interested in and...

Formal and informal parental involvement in school decision-making in Denmark.
September 15, 1998... The Danish primary and lower secondary schools, known as Folkeskoles, are publicly maintained schools with a national curriculum and common structure. Most Danish students (nearly 90 percent) attend Folkeskoles for nine years of compulsory...

The challenge facing parent councils in Canada.
September 15, 1998... During the 1990s, departments of education in all the Canadian provinces introduced legislation requiring all publicly funded schools to form parent advisory councils. A majority of schools now have councils, and by the year 2000 virtually every...

The development of student centers to improve homework and learning in Scotland.
September 15, 1998... Scottish educators' attitudes toward parents have changed over the last two decades and so has the relationship between home and school. Sometimes the change has been from the bottom up, led by schools and local coalitions of parents, and other...

Care programs for school age children in Australia.
September 15, 1998... After-school care programs in Australia are an important bridge between home and school, constituting an integral component of the Australian child care landscape. It represents a growing sector of children's services, catering to an increasing...

A review: Journal of Research in Childhood Education Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring/Summer 1998.
September 15, 1998... This issue covers a wide range of topics and methods of research, and presents theoretically based points of view on two issues of major interest to educators. It begins with two articles that discuss the effects of training - with children and...

How to use creative dramatics in the classroom. (includes related articles)
September 22, 1998... George Kehr, a 2nd-grade teacher, calls his students to the reading carpet for a science lesson. He reads a narrative story about a frog, then uses a picture book and posters to teach his students about the changes that occur as an egg transforms...

The learning spiral: taking the lead from how young children learn. (childhood education)
September 22, 1998... The questions at right, asked by 2nd-graders, launch a scientific inquiry about owls. As the 7-year-olds investigate stuffed owl specimens, they express their need to know. Some children continue to stroke the owls' feathers, touch a sharp claw,...

When "grandma" is "mom": what today's techers need to know. (grandparent-headed households)
September 22, 1998... Increasingly, grandparents are being required to act as parents. Recent statistics indicate that well over 2 million children currently live with their grandparents in a home where no biological parent is present. The number of children living in...

Book design elements: integrating the whole.
September 22, 1998... Book design elements are an important facet of many children's books today. These elements can help children comprehend both the visual and verbal meanings of a work. A carefully designed book jacket may introduce a character or setting, bidding...

Assisting toddlers and caregivers during conflict resolutions: interactions that promote socialization.
September 22, 1998... Many individuals are uncomfortable with conflicts that arise between adults. When conflict occurs with toddlers, the issues are even more complex. Matthew, a 15-month-old, is playing on the floor with a blue car. He appears to be peacefully...

National Education Goals. (National Education Goals Report: Building a Nation of Learners, 1997)
September 22, 1998... How many of you have had an opportunity to see a copy of the National Education Goals Report: Building a Nation of Learners, 1997? The report is the seventh in a series of annual reports designed to assess the progress that the United States as a...

Integrated curriculum units for traditional and multiage classrooms.
September 22, 1998... The following project by Linda H. Weil was chosen as one of two winners of the 1998 Elizabeth Breathwaite Mini-Grant. Linda H. Weil is a 2nd-grade teacher at Carlos Rivera Elementary School in El Paso, Texas. How can teachers let their students...

Child advocacy in action: perspectives from the UN. (NGO Forum at UN)
September 22, 1998... As ACEI's United Nations representatives and as child advocates, we have become increasingly aware of how the world's problems are reflected in the daily lives of today's children and teachers. The past century has been filled with violence,...

Stress management for teachers.
September 22, 1998... It is Sunday evening. Mrs. Schisler, a 15-year veteran teacher, senses the familiar churning stomach and onset of a headache as she anticipates the coming week at school. The challenges of teaching a room full of 25 eager, active 2nd-graders have...

ACEI is looking for a few good members. (Association for Childhood Education International)
September 22, 1998... ACEI is looking for educators who are dedicated to a holistic, child-centered approach to education, one that considers the child's experiences in the home, school, community, and world. If you know people like that, share with them your...

Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-12 Anti-Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff Development.
September 22, 1998... Among the current issues in education, multicultural education is a hot topic. Within recent years, many books and articles have been published in the education, health, social, and political arenas regarding multicultural issues and education....

Children on the move: third culture kids. (education of children who live outside of their native country for periods of time)
September 22, 1998... Educators can take advantage of several instructional strategies to help Third Culture Kids in the classroom, whether they have just arrived or are about to leave. Third Culture Kids (TCKs) are the children of diplomats, missionaries, business...

Children with Down Syndrome: implications for adult-child interactions in inclusive settings.
September 22, 1998... In this article, Dolores Appl reviews research on children with Down Syndrome, highlighting physical, medical, intellectual, language, and behavioral characteristics that provide valuable information for caregivers and teachers in planning and...

One of a kind: individuality in children.
September 22, 1998... The couple's daughter had been easy to raise from the beginning. She happily tried new foods. She started her second day at the center as if she had been there forever. Overnight visits to her grandparents were peaceful and relaxed. They had, of...

Understanding ADHD: A Practical Guide for Teachers and Parents.
September 22, 1998... William N. Bender, Editor. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice-Hall, 1997. 276 pp. $32.00. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been widely discussed and debated within the education field. When parents and teachers of...

Circle of Love.
September 22, 1998... Amy C. Baker & Lynn A. Manfredi-Petit. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press, 1998. 144 pp. $15.95. TEACHING WITH LOVE. Lisa S. Goldstein. New York: Peter Lang, 1997. $29.95. Circle of Love opens a discussion that hitherto has been closeted, as far as I...

Teaching With Love.
September 22, 1998... Amy C. Baker & Lynn A. Manfredi-Petit. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press, 1998. 144 pp. $15.95. TEACHING WITH LOVE. Lisa S. Goldstein. New York: Peter Lang, 1997. $29.95. Circle of Love opens a discussion that hitherto has been closeted, as far as I...

Current issues in teaching and learning.
September 22, 1998... The debate over "the curriculum and privileged knowledge may be one of the most important in which today's educators engage" (Noddings, 1995, p. 70). Class size, parent-teacher relations, the preparation of student teachers, the content of the...

Television violence and children.
September 22, 1998... Recent ERIC documents and journal articles that discuss topics related to television violence and children are summarized in this column. For details about ERIC and ordering ERIC documents, please see the information following these abstracts....

The quest for understanding differences: globally to locally.
September 22, 1998... While on an extensive assignment teaching in a variety of international settings, I was particularly impressed with the resourcefulness and innovation of cultures and countries outside of the United States. International travel brings new...

Throw a parent party! (parent-teacher associations)
September 22, 1998... Knowing parents are the #1 teachers in the lives of students, classroom teachers are constantly seeking out ways to get to know parents and to exchange information with them regarding school programs. If you're looking for a new way to involve...

On your mark, get set, get parents involved! (parent participation in education)
September 22, 1998... As we begin a new school year, increasing parental involvement is a worthy goal that surely will benefit all students. Stephani R. Fitler, who teaches 1st grade at Oley Valley Elementary School in Oley, Pennsylvania, offers the following...