Childhood Education articles from September 2006

Childhood Education archives from September 2006

Educating mind and spirit: embracing a confluence of cultures in the education of children.
September 22, 2006... The following is an adaptation of the keynote address Steve Silvern delivered at the 2006 ACEI Annual International Conference & Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas. As a educators we have a pretty good grasp of what we mean by "mind." At...

Interagency collaboration for culturally diverse immigrant children and families: a case study with historical and contemporaneous perspectives.(International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit )(Case study)
September 22, 2006... Interagency collaboration is critically needed to address an exponentially increasing immigrant population in the United States. The foreign-born population has more than doubled since 1970, when it had reached a low of 5 percent. During the...

Talking to children about race: the importance of inviting difficult conversations.
September 22, 2006... Recently, preparing to purchase holiday gifts for her teacher, I asked my daughter if she had any interest in buying children's literature for her teacher's classroom library. "I noticed," I told her, "that your teacher doesn't have many books...

Developing a fitness to teach policy to address retention issues in teacher education.
September 22, 2006... Teaching, to a large degree, depends on more than just technical skills. The demands of classroom teaching require interpersonal skills and dispositions that are often ignored when determining a preservice teacher's fitness to teach. Admission...

Scripted curriculum: is it a prescription for success?
September 22, 2006... Imagine walking down the halls of your school and hearing the same sentences read, the same questions asked, and the same teacher comments coming from each classroom. "Impossible," you say to yourself. "This could not possibly be happening."...

School: lighthouse or intellectual sweatshop?(Association for Childhood Education International)(playing at school declining)
September 22, 2006... As the formal school year begins in many areas of our world, ACEI colleagues are more determined than ever to promote the well-being of children and youth in our homes, schools, and communities. The membership has resolved to take the lead in...

Educators left behind.(No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965)
September 22, 2006... The landmark No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which President George W. Bush described when he took office as "the cornerstone of [his] Administration" and subsequently signed into law on January 8, 2002, provided the framework for bipartisan...

Changes! Changes! Everywhere!(educational programs )
September 22, 2006... At this time of year, educators at all levels are frantically trying to juggle the many responsibilities that a new school year brings. Not only do we have to quickly assess the needs of each new class and plan accordingly, we also may have to...

Gale McMahan.(Obituary)
September 22, 2006... ACEI is saddened to report the recent death of long-time member Gale McMahan of Anna, Illinois. McMahan was Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Elementary, Early, and Special Education at Southeast Missouri State University...

Welcome again to the Peaceable Classroom.(conflict management)
September 22, 2006... In previous issues we have shared suggestions for the opening weeks of school. These emphasized the importance of starting the new school year with a positive Peaceable Classroom model. In recent months, the voices for addressing classroom and...

Summit for the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Mobilizing Communities for Ratification.
September 22, 2006... In 1989, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), a comprehensive international children's rights treaty that addresses children's civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights. The...

Children and dogs.(safety aspects)
September 22, 2006... As a volunteer with Therapy Dogs International, Inc., ACEI member Mary Renck Jalongo has been researching how to help children learn about ways to ensure that they have positive interactions with dogs. She notes that an appropriate place for...

Starting tomorrow: student branch development.
September 22, 2006... "We learn by doing," said Aristotle. This is a simple idea in theory, but difficult for many people to put into practice. If you are reading this journal, then you must care about ACEI and its mission. What about going one step further? Have...

West Tennessee ACEI.(Association for Childhood Education International)(libraries to offer children's books)
September 22, 2006... On a trip to our attic the other day, I uncovered a box labeled "Robyn and Robert's special books." As Robyn and Robert's mom, I knew exactly what I would find when the lid from the old tattered apple box was lifted and the contents revealed....

Talking with Amanda Woods.(Meet Our Members)(Stout Field Elementary)(Interview)
September 22, 2006... I first met Amanda at the 2005 Annual International Conference in Washington, D.C. She was the bright and bubbly student of ACEI/UN Representatives Lynn Staley and Eva Zygmunt-Fillwalk debuting the Web site, Working Group on Education, NGO...

WTACEI holds mini-conferences.(West Tennessee ACEI in collabration with Southwest Tennessee Child Care Resource and Referral Center)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... West Tennessee ACEI, in collaboration with the Southwest Tennessee Child Care Resource and Referral Center, held five six-hour mini-conferences during the April through June 2005 quarter. The participants received 6 hours of training credit...

Giving from the heart.(Association for Childhood Education International awards Steven B. Sitvern, Jana Pauldin)
September 22, 2006... Steven B. Sitvern was named the first recipient of the ACEI Staff Recognition Award during the Annual Conference in San Antonio, TX. The award recognizes an ACEI member who has personally assisted Headquarters staff over many years with various...

Building oral language and vocabulary through the use of literature.
September 22, 2006... Children are coming to classrooms across the United States with a need to develop their oral language. With the increased promotion of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, commercialized programs are being provided for teachers to use to build...

ACEI awards, honors and grants.
September 22, 2006... Outstanding Member Service Award This award recognizes the outstanding contributions made by an ACEI member to the betterment of children, to the field of education, and to ACEI. Winners, approved by the Executive Board, are named at the...

ACEI yearbook 2006-07.(Association for Childhood Education International)
September 22, 2006... Executive Board Jeanie Burnett, President/'07 18 Luckenbill Rd. Kutztown, PA 19530-9203 610-683-7840 burnett@kutztown.edu Karen Liu, President-Elect/'07 803 College of Education Indiana State University ...

ACEI committees.(Association for Childhood Education International)(Directory)
September 22, 2006... Awards Evaluates new award proposals; keeps ACEI's awards program current with the needs of the membership; develops award guidelines and selection criteria; drafts appropriate application or nomination forms; selects the winner(s) in each...

Nurturing lifetime readers.(student reading )
September 22, 2006... When was the last time one of your past students visited you and said, "Thanks to you, I continue to read for pleasure"? This beautiful compliment suggests that you stimulated the love of reading, which had a real impact on your student. It...

Temperament and peer relationships.(student relations )
September 22, 2006... Peer relationships play an important role in socialization during childhood and young adolescence. Negative relationships may pose multiple difficulties for children related to their development that can have lifelong influences. Research...

A universal early childhood education system.
September 22, 2006... Historically, the field of early childhood education (ECE) in the United States has struggled, and continues to struggle, for political positioning. While studies continue to demonstrate ECE's effectiveness in preparing students for success in...

Dear parents (and interested others).(parents involvement in education )
September 22, 2006... Since I am going to be the new editor for this column, I thought you might want to know a little about me... and my views on parenting and education. First, I have been an educator longer than I've been a parent, but I cannot now imagine not...

DiCamillo, Kate: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... DiCamillo, Kate THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE. ISBN 10 0-7636-2589-2. Il. by Bagram Ibatoulline. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2006. 198 pp. $18.99. Kate DiCamillo is the author of Because of Winn-Dixie and the Newbery...

DiCamillo, Kate: Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... DiCamillo, Kate MERCY WATSON GOES FOR A RIDE. ISBN 0-7636-2332-6. Il. by Chris Van Dusen. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2006. 72 pp. $12.99. This book, by the author of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, is another in Kate DiCamillo's...

Doyle, Malachy: The Dancing Tiger.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Doyle, Malachy THE DANCING TIGER. ISBN 0-670-06020-8. Il. by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. New York: Viking, 2005. 25 pp. $15.99. A little girl looking thoughtfully at a forest beside her house in the middle of the night sees a dancing tiger...

George, Lindsay Barrett: Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... George, Lindsay Barrett INSIDE MOUSE, OUTSIDE MOUSE. ISBN 0-06-000466-5. New York: Greenwillow Books, 2004. 40 pp. $6.99. This is a tale of two mice--one who lives inside the house in a clock and one who lives outside the house in a stump. They...

Kennedy, Senator Edward M.: My Senator and Me: A Dog's Eye View of Washington, D.C.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Kennedy, Senator Edward M. MY SENATOR AND ME: A Dog's Eye View of Washington, D.C. ISBN 0-439-65077-1. Il. by David Small. New York: Scholastic, 2006. 56pp. $16.99. Splash, Senator Kennedy's Portuguese water dog, takes us through one whirlwind...

Lorbiecki, Marybeth: Jackie's Bat.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Lorbiecki, Marybeth JACKIE'S BAT. ISBN 13:978-0689-84102-6. Il. by Brian Pinkney. New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers. 2006. 34 pp. $15.95. This is a fictional account of Jackie Robinson's first year with the Brooklyn Dodgers...

McDonnell, Patrick: Art.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... McDonnell, Patrick ART. ISBN 0-316-11491-X. Il. by author. New York: Little, Brown, 2006. 48 pp. $14.99. If you love Harold and the Purple Crayon, you'll love this new picture book! The creator of the Mutts comic strip, Patrick McDonnell, uses...

McKissack, Patricia: Where Crocodiles Have Wings.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... McKissack, Patricia WHERE CROCODILES HAVE WINGS. ISBN 0-8234-1748-4. If. by Bob Barner. New York: Holiday House, 2005. 26 pp. $16.95. The routine of bedtime can be a challenge for any child. This book offers a creative explanation of how a book...

Muth, Jon J.: Zen Shorts.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Muth, Jon J. ZEN SHORTS. ISBN 0-439-33911-1. New York: Scholastic, 2006. 36 pp. $16.95. This picture book presents three ancient Zen tales that invite us all, children and adults, to look at the world in a different way. The stories are told by...

Pattison, Darcy: 19 Girls and Me.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Pattison, Darcy 19 GIRLS AND ME. ISBN 0-3992-4336-4. Il. by Steven Salerno. New York: Penguin Young Readers Group, 2006. 30 pp. $16.99. As John Hercules Po begins his first day of kindergarten, he finds he is the only boy in the class of 20...

Scotton, Rob: Russell and the Lost Treasure.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Scotton, Rob RUSSELL AND THE LOST TREASURE. ISBN 0-0605-9851-4. New York: HarperCollins, 2006. 29 pp. $15.99. We were introduced to this funny, adventurous sheep wearing an incredibly long, striped stocking cap in Scotton's Russell the Sheep....

Shin, Sun Yung: Cooper's Lesson.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Shin, Sun Yung COOPER'S LESSON. Il. by Kim Cogan. ISBN 0-89239-193-6. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 2004. 32 pp. $15.95. In Cooper's bicultural Korean-American world, his identity is up for grabs: his American grandmother sees his...

Anderson, Maxine: Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Anderson, Maxine AMAZING LEONARDO da VINCI INVENTIONS YOU CAN BUILD YOURSELF. ISBN 0-9749-3442-9. White River Junction, VT: Nomad Press, 2006. 144 pp. $14.95. Maxine Anderson begins this book with a historical account of the Renaissance and a...

Roessel, David and Rampersad, Arnold (Eds.): Langston Hughes: Poetry for Young People Series.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Roessel, David and Rampersad, Arnold (Eds.) LANGSTON HUGHES: Poetry for Young People Series. ISBN 1-4027-1845-4. Il. by Benny Andrews. New York: Sterling Publishing, 2006. 48 pp. $14.95. This introduction to the poetry of Langston Hughes is...

Crash Course: Imagining a Better Future for Public Education.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... CRASH COURSE: Imagining a Better Future for Public Education. Chris Whittle. New York: Riverhead Books, 2005. 263 pp. $24.95. Chris Whittle, Founder and CEO of Edison Schools, writes about the racial gap in educational achievement as it...

Principal Talk! The Art of Effective Communication in Successful School Leadership.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... PRINCIPAL TALK! The Art of Effective Communication in Successful School Leadership. Cheli Cerra and Ruth Jacoby. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004. 141 pp. $19.95. This title is one of six books in the authors' School Talk! Success Series. In...

Mentoring Early Childhood Educators: A Handbook for Supervisors, Administrators and Teachers.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... MENTORING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS: A Handbook for Supervisors, Administrators and Teachers. Carol B. Hillman. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2006. 120 pp. $17.50. Carol B. Hillman served as an early childhood consultant prior to writing Mentoring...

From Outrageous to Inspired: How to Build a Community of Leaders in Our Schools.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... FROM OUTRAGEOUS TO INSPIRED: How To Build a Community of Leaders in Our Schools. David Hagstrom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004. 208 pp. Hardback, $30.00. In the late 1980s, David Hagstrom, a school leadership professor at the University of...

Reaching Higher: The Power of Expectations in Schooling.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... REACHING HIGHER: The Power of Expectations in Schooling. Rhona S. Weinstein. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002. 345 pp. Hardback. $45.00. In Reaching Higher: The Power of Expectations in Schooling, Rhona Weinstein, professor at Yale...

The Red Pencil: Convictions from Experience in Education.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... THE RED PENCIL: Convictions From Experience in Education. Theodore R. Sizer. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004. 131 pp. Paperback, $15.00. Theodore R. Sizer, Professor Emeritus at Brown University, draws upon his 50 plus years in...

Segregated Schools: Educational Apartheid in Post-Civil Rights America.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... SEGREGATED SCHOOLS: Educational Apartheid in Post-Civil Rights America. Paul Street. New York: Routledge, 2005. 222 pp. $19.95. Paul Street draws our attention to what it means for the United States to have turned its back on Brown vs. Board of...

Together We Can: Uniting Families, Schools and Communities to Help All Children Learn.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... TOGETHER WE CAN: Uniting Families, Schools and Communities To Help All Children Learn. Kathy H. Barclay. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 2005. 278 pp. Paperback, $55.95. Kathy H. Barclay, an editor for the Illinois Reading Council Journal and...

Exploring Water with Young Children.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... EXPLORING WATER WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. Ingrid Chalufour and Karen Worth. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press, 2005. 129 pp. $25.95. Ingrid Chalufour and Karen Worth help open up the world of water discovery for young children. Children acquire knowledge...

Whatever happened to social studies?(educational programs -)
September 22, 2006... Since the advent of No Child Left Behind, state departments of education have geared up for testing students in grades 3-8 in the areas of reading and math. In 2007, science testing will be added to the accountability measures required through...

Social Studies in Today's Early Childhood Curricula.
September 22, 2006... SOCIAL STUDIES IN TODAY'S EARLY CHILDHOOD CURRICULA. Mindes, G., Young Children, 2005, 60(5), 12-18. "Children are born into social studies," states the author (p. 12). At each stage of early childhood, children are trying to make sense of the...

Multiculturalism: Beyond Food, Festival, Folklore, and Fashion.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... MULTICULTURALISM: Beyond Food, Festival, Folklore, and Fashion. Meyer, C. F., & Rhoades, E. K., Kappa Delta Pi, 2006, 42(2), 82-87. Although the United States' ethnic texture is changing, multiculturalism in today's classrooms continues to be a...

Cultural Diversity and the School-Family Connection.(parent-teacher relations)
September 22, 2006... CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND THE SCHOOL-FAMILY CONNECTION. Protheroe, N., Principal, 2006, 85(4), 52-55. This compelling article examines the often strained relationship between parents and educators regarding family involvement. Natalie Protheroe...

The New Integration.(common schools )
September 22, 2006... THE NEW INTEGRATION. Kahlenberg, R., Educational Leadership, 2006, 63(8), 22-26. Horace Mann's idea of a common school is being revisited with promising results. In a small number of school districts, including in Wake County, North Carolina,...

Films, videos, and DVDs.(student teaching )(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... In today's schooling, the emphasis is on what the child "achieves" or knows according to a paper-and-pencil test, often timed and standardized. Teachers are pressured to have their students do well and the sanctions associated with poor...

A Private Universe.(Video recording review)
September 22, 2006... A PRIVATE UNIVERSE 18 Minutes, VHS, 2004, Pyramid Media, 2801 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404, 310-828-9083 Did you know that student learning sometimes has nothing to do with effective teaching? Surprising, but true, according to...

It's So Much Work to be Your Friend: Helping the Learning Disabled Child Find Social Success.(Video recording review)
September 22, 2006... IT'S SO MUCH WORK TO BE YOUR FRIEND: Helping the Learning Disabled Child Find Social Success, Presented by Richard Lavoie 2005, 90 minutes DVD, Public Broadcasting Service (www.pbs.org) Richard Lavoie engages the audience in a lecture...

Assessing and fostering the social competence of young children.(Column)
September 22, 2006... This column presents and summarizes recent resources that discuss and offer suggestions concerning assessing and fostering young children's social competence. Books and Paper Presentations CHILDREN'S PEER RELATIONS AND SOCIAL...