Observed 37 pairs of low-income adolescent mothers and infants over a 6-month period to determine efficacy of clinical determinations of risk. Found that maternal-risk status was significantly associated with more sensitive parenting behaviors including responsiveness to infant cues and to infant distress, and social, emotional, and cognitive…

Notes that concerns regarding moral decline in society have prompted the British Government to focus on nursery school education for all, and that, regardless of grade level, values and citizenship are highlighted issues. Focuses on the ways early-childhood educators provide children with a variety of values. Evaluates a comparative study of…

Examined language choice for three bilingual families in the context of Singapore's bilingual policy for preschool children. Found that Chinese families prefer English for all activities; Malay families prefer the Malayan language for worship and interaction with family; and Tamil families choose the Tamil language for worship but prefer English…

Tested appropriateness of a multidimensional, hierarchically ordered model of self-concept for an African sample. Subjects were 215 Xhosa-speaking children in South Africa. Responses to self-description questionnaire suggest the importance of cultural-tendency early-childhood socialization in the conceptualization of multidimensional and…

Examines the contribution of storytelling to the education of young children, and reviews theoretical frameworks used to contextualize storytelling in formal education. Presents five major types of contributions of storytelling: to other language and expressive arts, to the inner world of affect, to autobiography, to narrative, and to certain…

Administered the Simple Adjective Test to 35 black South-African women in early pregnancy to explore association of maternal dominance and male births. Responses revealed that above-average dominance in mothers may be linked to higher number of male births. (LBT)

Reflects on the future directions of primary education and initial teacher training. Asserts that the process of educating children continues without much change in basic beliefs, notes a cyclic pattern in education, and warns that technology in classrooms may be overrated. Suggests that inquiry, not research, may better answer educators'…

Surveyed in-home child caregivers and employers about their child care environments. Found that the caregivers were mostly young, well-educated, hard-working, committed; typically, they showed child-related coursework in high school and were poorly compensated. Parents employing the caregivers were relatively affluent and satisfied with in-home…

Investigates link between a child's needs and use of fairy stories. Reviews literature on child development, maternal care, disturbed development, shadow self, play, and emotional holding. Considers aspects of therapeutic education, including emotional literacy, therapeutic approach, national literacy strategy, and the use of image and metaphor.…

Examines day care memories at ages 11-12 and 17-18 of 4 female participants in the Victoria Day Care Research Project. Reports a continued strong interest in fathers and a shift over time in salience of different memories. Presents implications for early childhood educators. (DLH)

Studied effects of care-oriented, educationally oriented, and home preschool settings in Bahrain on 140 children's cognitive and socioemotional performance. Found significant advantage in language, memory, vocabulary, counting, and conceptual maturity for preschool care; and for children's self-esteem, self-confidence, and emotional conduct in…

Details five steps (diagnosis, choosing a path, making sense of the information, what to look for and what to avoid, and finding a match) to help parents decide how to help their child diagnosed with autism become self reliant. Reviews four home- and school-based educational intervention programs. (DLH)

England's Teacher Training Agency interviewed 20 mainstream and special school teachers on 4 aspects of a standard for special education teachers. Responses suggest that national standards might be effective means of teacher and pupil development but also reflect a concern that creativity and flair in teaching might be affected. (DLH)

Focuses on police involvement in drug education in schools by defining key terms, presenting the national policy and strategy context for schools, and critiquing the effectiveness of direct police involvement and teaching and learning methods. Highlights police involvement alternatives, and proposes a Community Prevention Model. (DLH)

Describes communication difficulties of students with unspecified learning difficulties affecting their ability to access education through spoken and written language. Describes a collaborative project between the school, the special needs teaching service, and the University of Leicester which aims to clarify such pupil problems and evaluate…