Briefly describes Italy's day care system for infants and preschoolers and contrasts some practices with those of American day care programs. (ED)

Describes practices, facilities, and goals of Cuban day care programs and makes some comparisons with American day care programs. (ED)

Discusses the need for development of better day care programs and services in the United States and advocates total environmental approaches to early childhood education. (ED)

Suggests the United States is behind other nations in providing for its children's needs because of the forces of our economic system. This view is examined in the context of three problems: the depopulation of the family, the intellectualization of the child and the perpetuation of exclusion. (Author/ED)

Provides insights into what children, 5-18 years of age, think about themselves, adults, their schools and families, as gathered from interviews and questionnaires. (ED)

Investigated 19 primary school children's behavior on a school bus through naturalistic observation prior to and during the use of experimental "bus teachers" who provided safe play materials and conducted activities designed to enhance the bus experience. (ED)

An interview which relates the history, philosophy, aspirations and activities of the Progressive Education Association, which began in 1918 in order to formulate new principles for public education. The association was a moving force in changing public schools through the 1920s, '30s and '40s. (ED)

A position paper which defines continuities and proposes actions to overcome dichotomies in the self, time, generations, biological and social rhythms, species and the unified world system. (ED)

Suggests that teachers should encourage the children to interact, express themselves and do quality work in their classrooms as hedges against social problems and a mass approach to education. (ED)

Suggests ways parents can help their children develop oral language facility and build positive attitudes toward the printed language so they will learn to read easily and happily when they get to school. (ED)

Briefly describes the benefits and shortcomings of the family-style grouping of many British infant and junior schools. (ED)

Describes a resource center of an experimental education program in which staff members show children how to find people and places to learn from in the community and how to become independent learners. (ED)

Discusses the important role solitary play has in the development of imagination, reflection, and analytical thinking. (ED)

A curriculum developer suggests that current educational reform movements can be given a sound theoretical base through a careful reanalysis of the educational writings of John Dewey. (CS)

Senior Inspector for Primary Education in Manchester, England explodes some of the myths concerning "open education" in the English School System. (CS)