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ERIC Number: EJ550975
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0827-0899
Teaching Human Development to Early Childhood Education Students: A Cultural-Contextual Perspective.
Bernhard, Judith K.; Smith, Howard A.
Canadian Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, v6 n1 p7-19 Feb 1997
Examines how 81 early childhood education students responded to the presentation of a cultural-contextual approach during a human development course. Notes evidence for only a small degree of success in conveying the approach in terms of students actually mentioning course-related issues. Describes course setting and objectives, and evaluation of course through reaction papers. Considers implications for teaching. (JPB)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Individual Development, Teacher Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada
Note: Includes French language abstract.