Early Childhood Research & Practice articles from September 2008

Early Childhood Research & Practice archives from September 2008

Analyzing the impact of gender on depictions of touch in early childhood textbooks.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Introduction Recent research efforts have articulated that men teaching in early childhood contexts represent between 1% and 4% of all early childhood education (ECED) teachers, depending on the study and/or context (Cameron, 2001;...

At the zoo: kindergartners reinvent a dramatic play area.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Background Information The Fishback Center for Early Childhood Education is located in Brookings, South Dakota, on the campus of South Dakota State University. The program houses three laboratory preschool classrooms and one kindergarten...

Coaching as part of a pilot quality rating scale initiative: challenges to--and supports for--the change-making process.(early care and education)(Report)
September 22, 2008... Introduction Research suggests that the quality of center-based early care and education (ECE) and family child care homes in this country is generally mediocre (Helburn, Culkin, Morris, Mocan, Howes, & Phillipsen, 1995; Kontos, Howes,...

Dental care issues for African immigrant families of preschoolers.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Introduction According to the Surgeon General's report published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2000), dental caries is one of the most common chronic childhood diseases--5 times more common than asthma. The report...

Introduction to the special section on dramatic play.(early childhood education)
September 22, 2008... This special section of Early Childhood Research and Practice features two practitioner perspectives on children's involvement in dramatic play. Dramatic play, socio-dramatic play, symbolic play, pretend play--these varied terms describe...

Promoting health and preventing injury in preschool children: the role of parenting stress.
September 22, 2008... Introduction Although many studies have examined the stresses related to being a parent, few have studied the relationship between parenting stress and injury prevention in young children. Parenting stress can be defined as the difficulty...

A Test of a Measure for Assessing Teachers' Judgments about Social Interaction Practices in the Preschool Years.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Literature Review Peer Social Competence Social competence has been defined as "the ability to achieve personal goals in social interaction while simultaneously maintaining positive relationships with others over time and across...

"Fixing puppets So they can talk": puppets and puppet-making in a classroom of preschoolers with special needs.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Background The Warren Early Childhood Center, where the activities described in this article took place, provides services for 340 children in kindergarten, preschool, developmental preschool, and developmental kindergarten. The school is...

Building "Bob": a project exploring the human body at Western Illinois University Preschool Center.(human body model )(Report)
September 22, 2008... School, Classroom, and Student Background Information The Western Illinois University Preschool Center is located on the Macomb, Illinois, campus. The center is a laboratory site for many departments on campus, such as education,...