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50 Years of ERIC
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Timberlake, Pat – Childhood Education, 1982
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Creativity, Early Childhood Education, Guidelines
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Ross, Dorene Doerre – Childhood Education, 1982
Concrete suggestions for teaching group art lessons to stimulate creative expression are offered, with focus on conducting motivation sessions and providing help during ongoing activities. (MP)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Creative Expression, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Geller, Linda Gibson – Childhood Education, 1982
Describes the value of parody play as part of classroom activities one teacher experienced with her students. (MP)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Parody
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Dyson, Anne Haas – Childhood Education, 1982
Based on data from two participant observation studies, the author illustrates ways for promoting children's early curiosity about writing. (MP)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten Children, Spelling, Teaching Methods
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Swiniarski, Louise – Childhood Education, 1982
The T. F. Davies Teacher Center of the Bradford Metropolitan School District in Yorkshire, England, is described in terms of development, operation, curriculum, and resources. (MP)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Robinson, Sandra Longfellow – Childhood Education, 1982
A state-by-state analysis of data obtained from early childhood consultants reveals vast differences in educational opportunities for young children. (MP)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education
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Swick, Kevin J.; Palefsky, Elliot – Childhood Education, 1982
Reviews the impact of severe hearing loss in infancy on language development, discussing the effect of ear infections in infants in some detail and revealing the consequences of disruptions in the child's listening/speaking development in the early months of life. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Hearing Impairments, Infants, Language Acquisition
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Caldwell, Bettye M. – Childhood Education, 1982
Briefly reviews significant moments in the history of early childhood education and urges that child advocates (1) raise consciousness about the importance of the early years, (2) generate new information to demonstrate program effectiveness, (3) build coalitions of support with other groups working with children, and (4) work to gain public…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Coordination, Early Childhood Education, Program Effectiveness
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Wassermann, Selma – Childhood Education, 1982
Provides suggestions to help teachers become (1) more aware of ways they verbally interact with students, (2) more objective in listening when they talk with students, (3) more aware of the debilitating consequences on pupils of long-term directing and judgmental responses, and (4) more aware of interactions that promote pupil autonomy and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Guidelines, Listening Skills, Self Esteem
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Fordyce, W. Kyle – Childhood Education, 1982
Discusses what teachers can do when they discover that they dislike a child. Regardless of teachers' personal likes or dislikes, classroom rules must be maintained for all students. To provide a just learning environment, teachers must examine their nonverbal cues, the quality of their verbal interactions, and the congruity between the two.…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Coping, Elementary Education, Emotional Response
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Kane, Frances – Childhood Education, 1982
Indicates relationships between children's graphic expressions and thinking, writing, and reading. It is concluded that, if children are motivated to verbalize about personal experiences they have expressed graphically, they probably will be additionally motivated to read what they have written. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Skills, Developmental Stages, Freehand Drawing
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Whitfield, Edie L.; Whitfield, Charles – Childhood Education, 1982
Offers suggestions teachers may find useful as they assist children in changing harmful sex-role perceptions and in developing unbiased attitudes toward learning in school. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Guidelines, Reading Readiness
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Chafel, Judith A. – Childhood Education, 1982
Describes learning activities related to Halliday's schema of functional language development that teachers can use as a guide for planning early reading experiences. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Emergent Literacy, Instructional Design, Language Acquisition
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Matter, Darryl E. – Childhood Education, 1982
Briefly discusses children's spontaneous musical expressions, outlines stages of children's musical development, and suggests musical experiences for young children. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Guidelines, Music Activities, Spontaneous Behavior
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Seefeldt, Carol – Childhood Education, 1982
Indicates how teachers can foster patriotism through experiences that are meaningful to young children, rather than relying on a daily recitation of the pledge of allegiance--an exercise which children frequently do not understand. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Democratic Values, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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