Childhood Education articles from September 2000

Childhood Education archives from September 2000

Global Literacy Perspectives, Contexts, and Challenges.
September 15, 2000... Literacy can enrich lives, increase self-respect, open doors of opportunity, and furnish people with a voice. On a broader scale, literacy can enhance economic and social development and lay foundations for social justice. As countries around...

Implementation of the National Literacy Strategy in England: Indications of Change.
September 15, 2000... Soon after the 1997 election in the United Kingdom, the newly elected Labour Government set a target mandating that 80 percent of 11-year-olds should achieve certain standards in English proficiency on the National Curriculum tests by 2002. In...

Literacy Education in Korea: A Sociocultural Perspective.
September 15, 2000... Traditionally, children's social environments have been assumed to have little to do with their literacy development. This perception probably is based on a deep-rooted conception of literacy as a cognitive ability, something that is taught to...

Playing at the Literate Zone: A Challenge for Argentinian Schools.
September 15, 2000... We reach the new millennium facing a situation that is hard to accept: The vast number of the world's children are illiterate. According to a report from UNICEF (1999), 130 million children around the world cannot read or write. Seventy-three...

Interactive Writing With Young Children.
September 15, 2000... Young children rarely have a voice in their own education. Beginning with the legal stipulation that children attend school, the education process controls and determines what children can say, do, and write. Furthermore, the mechanism for most...

Linguistic Games As a Way To Introduce Reading and Writing in Preschool Groups.
September 15, 2000... In the Nordic countries, interest in studying young children's literacy has increased over the last 10 to 20 years. Different education traditions in the region have influenced the debate about literacy instruction in preschools and in primary...

Hi-Quality Literacy Programs in Early Childhood Classrooms.
September 15, 2000... An Australian Case Study A recent study of literacy practices in Australian early childhood classrooms (Makin et al., 1999; Raban & Ure, 2000) suggests that current definitions of literacy in early childhood education tend to reflect...

Mexico: The Challenge of Literacy and Multilingualism.
September 15, 2000... Mexico's literacy development and school language policy is of interest to educators for a number of reasons. The challenges of literacy learning in a multilingual and multicultural society such as Mexico's are similar to those found in many...

Literacy and Empowerment: An Indian Scenario.
September 15, 2000... "Education is the basic tool for the development of consciousness and reconstitution of society." --Mahatma Gandhi Much of the world's attention is focused on literacy and education as a way to enhance economic and social development...

Laying the Foundation for Literacy: An Anti-Bias Approach.
September 15, 2000... As a consequence of the large-scale population movement of the last 50 years, multilingual classrooms have become the norm in many cities throughout the English-speaking world and in continental Europe. In Canada, for example, 32 percent of the...

Children's Books Too Good To Read Alone.(Brief Article)(Bibliography)
September 15, 2000... Afraid to ask questions? Worried about outrageous events? Wonder what could happen if...? Throughout time, children have experienced such states of mind as they explore reality and fantasy within the caring circle of their families. Donald...

A Year in Review and a Peek Ahead.
September 15, 2000... As Volume 76 of Childhood Education comes to an end with this issue, it is a good time to look back at the past year of publishing at ACEI. Our organization remains very fortunate to have so many dedicated professionals who lend their time and...

Choosing Books for Reading: An Analysis of Three Types of Readers.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2000... Choosing Books for Reading: An Analysis of Three Types of Readers -- Kragler As teachers begin to use more literature than basals during instructional reading programs, it becomes important to allow students some choice and freedom in...

Hyperbole and Humor in Children's Language Play.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2000... Hyperbole and Humor in Children's Language Play -- Varga While various studies have identified the verbal characteristics associated with language play, there is little understanding of how children organize such play, or the processes...

Children's Pitch Matching, Vocal Range, and Developmentally Appropriate Practice.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2000... Children's Pitch Matching, Vocal Range, and Developmentally Appropriate Practice -- Kim This critical review examined the literature concerning children's pitch-matching ability and vocal range, and applied developmental theories from...

"I Believe in Inclusion, But ...": Regular Education Early Childhood Teachers' Perceptions of Successful Inclusion.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2000... "I Believe in Inclusion, But...": Regular Education Early Childhood Teachers' Perceptions of Successful Inclusion -- Smith & Smith The early childhood regular education teacher's positive and negative perceptions, thoughts, and...

Preschool Children's Classification Skills and a Multicultural Education Intervention To Promote Acceptance of Ethnic Diversity.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2000... Preschool Children's Classification Skills and a Multicultural Education Intervention To Promote Acceptance of Ethnic Diversity -- Bernstein, Zimmerman, Werner-Wilson, & Vosburg Recent research on stereotyping suggests that the...

Teachers' Beliefs: The "Whys" Behind the "How Tos" in Child Care Classrooms.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2000... Teachers' Beliefs: The "Whys" Behind the "How Tos" in Child Care Classrooms -- Cassidy & Lawrence This exploratory study examined teachers' ability to articulate their beliefs (through stated rationales for their practice), as well as...

Student Achievement of 3rd-Graders in Comparable Single-Age and Multiage Classrooms.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2000... Student Achievement of 3rd-Graders in Comparable Single-Age and Multiage Classrooms -- Ong, Allison, & Haladyna This descriptive study compared students' reading, writing, and mathematics achievement in comparable single-age and...

Teacher Interpersonal Behavior and Elementary Students' Outcomes.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2000... Teacher Interpersonal Behavior and Elementary Students' Outcomes -- Goh & Fraser Classrooms viewed from an ecological perspective emphasize the interrelationships and communications among all its members. Research has shown that...

What Do You Mean "Think Before I Act"?: Conflict Resolution with Choices.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2000... What Do You Mean "Think Before I Act"?: Conflict Resolution with Choices -- Browning, Davis, & Resta This action research project, developed by a 1st-grade teacher, asks the question "Will physically and verbally aggressive students...

What One Middle School Teacher Learned About Cooperative Learning.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2000... What One Middle School Teacher Learned About Cooperative Learning -- Leonard & McElroy Two out of three middle school teachers use cooperative learning as an instructional strategy. However, cooperative learning is not always...

When a Child Discloses Sexual Abuse.(teachers' guide)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Immediate and Appropriate Teacher Responses Jenny, a 6-year-old 1st-grader, began her school year as a bubbly, outgoing child who easily developed positive relationships with teachers and other children. After five months of school,...

Early Childhood Education in Azerbaijan.
September 22, 2000... Azerba-what? No one I knew, except my 90-year-old grandfather, had heard of Azerbaijan. Consequently, our family received many puzzled looks when we said we were going to spend the 1998-99 academic year there. We were moving temporarily because...

The Importance of Being Miss Marcia.(role of preschool teachers)
September 22, 2000... A Return to the Preschool Classroom "Hi, Dr. Mayo." Dan, one of my advisees, caught up with me as I was going to my office in the University Education Center. "I saw you with the lab school kids on the playground yesterday. Were you just...

Multiple Forms of Representation in Long-Term Projects.(children's thought development and construction of knowledge)(Reggio Emilia garden project)
September 22, 2000... The Garden Project During the early childhood years, children experience tremendous growth in their thinking. Developmental psychologists and educators, such as Piaget (1969, 1973), Vygotsky (1978), and Malaguzzi (1998), as well as...

Toward a Definition of Dance Education.
September 22, 2000... The word "dance" may bring to mind images of incredibly talented ballet dancers, like Mikhail Baryshnikov, who are capable of leaps and turns that appear to defy gravity. Or we might think of popular stars of dance, like Michael Jackson. While...

Who Was Lucy Sprague Mitchell ...(early childhood educator)
September 22, 2000... And Why Should You Know? Have you been looking for someone who could inspire you anew, and give you a fresh outlook on your early childhood career? Lucy Sprague Mitchell (1878-1967) can be that person. Reflecting on her life, which she...

Looking Back To Find a Vision: Exploring the Emancipatory Potential of Teacher Research.
September 22, 2000... Research is an intimidating word, one that conveys an image of dour scientists in white jackets, peering through microscopes and conducting a whole array of experiments. Even within education circles, research often has been interpreted as a...

Middle Schools Should Be Both Learner-Centered and Subject-Centered.
September 22, 2000... An issue facing many educators is whether middle schools should be learner-centered or subject-centered. While some learner-centered educators advocate that the child must be more important than the subject matter, other educators explain that...

Children Who Care.
September 22, 2000... As Sally plays by herself with play dough, she notices that Jamey is wandering about and looking lonely. She invites Jamey to share her play dough. The two children play happily together. On the other side of the room, Tommy is playing with...

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Nonfiction Cocca-Leffier, Maryann BUS ROUTE TO BOSTON. ISBN 1-563-97-723-0. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2000. 30 pp. $15.95. In an entertaining tale of fun and adventure, the author relives delightful childhood memories of...

BUILDING HEALTHY MINDS: The Six Experiences That Create Intelligence and Emotional Growth in Babies and Young Children.(Review)
September 22, 2000... BUILDING HEALTHY MINDS: The Six Experiences That Create Intelligence and Emotional Growth in Babies and Young Children. S. Greenspan with N. B. Lewis. Cambridge, MA: Perseus, 1999. 398 pp. $25.00. Many books on child development present...

ELECTRONIC LITERACIES: Language, Culture, and Power in Online Education.
September 22, 2000... ELECTRONIC LITERACIES: Language, Culture, and Power in Online Education. M. Warschauer. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 1999. 220 pp. $24.50. Most people take the convenience of E-mail communication for granted and rarely pause to question the impact...

WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE? How the Brain and the Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life.(Review)
September 22, 2000... WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE? How the Brain and the Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life. L. Eliot. New York: Bantam, 1999. 533 pp. $26.95. The author of this timely and important book is a neurobiologist and mother of three. The book...

AFFECTIVE EDUCATION: A Comparative View.(Review)
September 22, 2000... AFFECTIVE EDUCATION: A Comparative View. P. Lang, Y. Katz, & I. Menezes, Eds. London: Cassell, 1998. 260 pp. $29.95. European education often centers on theories, policies, and practices that emphasize students' affective educational...

NEVER TOO EARLY TO WRITE: Adventures in the K-1 Writing Workshop.(Review)
September 22, 2000... NEVER TOO EARLY TO WRITE: Adventures in the K-1 Writing Workshop. B. Johnson. Gainesville, FL: Maupin House, 1999. 148 pp. $19.00. Johnson's easy-to-read book provides strong evidence to support her claim that inexpensive, year-long writing...

DESIGNING PRESCHOOL INTERVENTIONS: A Practitioner's Guide.(Review)
September 22, 2000... DESIGNING PRESCHOOL INTERVENTIONS: A Practitioner's Guide. D. W. Barnett, S. H. Bell, & K. T. Carey. New York: Guilford, 1999. $36.00. This important book considers the complex nature of preschool intervention. The authors take an...

MATHEMATICS CLASSROOMS THAT PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING.(Review)
September 22, 2000... MATHEMATICS CLASSROOMS THAT PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING. E. Fennema & T. A. Romberg, Eds. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 1999. 204 pp. $24.95 paper. How can teachers help students become proficient mathematical learners and thinkers? This book defines what...

Computers in Elementary and Early Childhood Education.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... This column summarizes recent ERIC documents and journal articles that discuss the uses of computers in elementary and early childhood education and their effects on children's learning and development. For details about ERIC and ordering ERIC...

Working With Families in the 21st Century.
September 22, 2000... Open any early childhood, elementary education, special education, or middle school journal published in the last year and you will find a plethora of articles related to working with families. To review even half of these publications, this...

Films/Videos/DVDs: The Current Children's Crop.
September 22, 2000... Since children come to school with substantial media experiences gained by hundreds of hours of exposure to TV, videos, and commercial films, educators must factor such daily experiences into their understanding of these developing students....

Penny Harvest.(collecting coins for food bank)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Conducting a Penny Harvest involves the children and families in authentic learning about the value of contributing to the community food bank. At the same time, children count, measure, graph, sort, and weigh pennies--meaningful objects for...

Pumpkin Math.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Look to the pumpkin patch for meeting NCTM standards. Brainstorm children's knowledge of what a pumpkin patch is. If you go to the pumpkin patch, what might you see? Record children's responses on a chart. (Share related photos or pictures.)...

Apple Harvest Time Book Bag.(home and school reading activity)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Share four or five favorite apple poems or fingerplays with the family in a first book bag of the year during the early fall study of the apple harvest. This home and school project is a joyful, positive literacy partnership. Book bag contents...

Picture Harvest.(language arts activity using picture cards)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... What a fruitful way to utilize a picture collection. This activity engages 5-, 6-, and 7-year-olds in a progressive series of lively, expressive, and imaginative language arts experiences. * Materials include several groups of pictures that...

Teaching Is Like Conducting an Orchestra.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Recently while traveling, I was privileged to hear Marin Alsop, the conductor of the Colorado Philharmonic Orchestra. Alsop is one of the few female conductors in the nation to lead a major orchestra. Seeing her conduct was almost as...

ACEI Supports Quality Teacher Preparation.(Association for Childhood Education International)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Two months ago, I attended a meeting with the Executive Directors from 33 constituent member organizations of teachers, teacher educators, policymakers, and school specialists that make up the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher...

Reading By 9.(literacy program)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... When we celebrated ACEI 2000 in Baltimore, many of us wondered about "Reading by 9," the slogan printed prominently on mugs, pencils, and other conference memorabilia. One group of teachers discussing the phrase started bantering, "9 what? 9...

Cohen Receives Patty Smith Hill Award.(Dr. Monroe Cohen)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Dr. Monroe Cohen, former editor of Childhood Education and an ACEI member for nearly 50 years, received the prestigious Patty Smith Hill Award at the 2000 ACEI International Conference and Exhibition in Baltimore. The Patty Smith Hill Award is...

Classroom Environments for Peace: Taking a Closer Look.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Fall brings us new opportunities to create peaceful classrooms. In addition to developing a positive social environment, teachers can create physical environments to promote peaceful interactions among children. Last spring, a group of teachers...

2000 Elizabeth Breathwaite Student Leadership Award.(Association for Childhood Education International)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Heather Ashton, Unna Hietala, and Sara Olderog have been honored as the 2000 recipients of ACEI's Elizabeth Breathwaite Student Leadership Award. This award recognizes outstanding student members who have shown remarkable achievement in...

Branches in Action.(local chapters of Association for Childhood Education International)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... The Portland, Oregon, ACEI Branch is pleased to report that it has helped to organize two Student Branches this year. One is at Lewis and Clark University and is sponsored by Nancy Nagel. Key students involved are: Alicia Geiger, Kendra...

New School Year, A New Student Representative.(Association for Childhood Education International)
September 22, 2000... Dear ACEI Members, With this, my very first Student Slant column, I would like to thank you for electing me to this exciting and challenging position. Since I first joined ACEI, I have looked forward to participating at conferences,...

Did Your Branch Celebrate the Week of the Classroom Teacher?(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... This year's Week of the Classroom Teacher was celebrated May 7-13, and many of our Branches had a very special celebration. Here are some ways several of our Branches celebrated: * Florida State ACEI presented grants to two classroom...

Sharing the Spirit of ACEI.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... You know how valuable ACEI membership is, not only for the resources it puts at your fingertips and the boost to your vita, but also for the opportunity to associate with professionals from around the world. As you return to school this fall,...

Advocacy in Action: Updates From the United Nations.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... The ACEI community shares the hope that we can continue to educate children throughout the world to create a fulfilling and sustained peace. ACEI members are a voice for children's rights, and can be the driving force to generate change. ...

WEB SITES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... www.BeyondBooks.com: New Forum Publishers Inc.[TM] has launched BeyondBooks.com, an Internet-based source of educational content that parallels, expands on, and deepens current curricula in U.S. high schools and middle schools. ...