Describes the aims of the community nurseries in England and some of their basic characteristics. (MP)

Describes current action which emphasizes the need to match the resources of people in neighborhoods with those provided by social agencies. (Author/MP)

This monograph reviews current views on the child and its development, the nature of the compact between family and society, general planning, the family, specific programs, training of professional personnel, dissemination of information on child rearing, research on the infant and preschool child, and future prospects as they relate to child…

This monograph describes early child care in Israel along the following dimensions: historical perspectives, the status of disadvantaged minorities, cultural assumptions and values, division of responsibilities, planning, socialization, programs, professional training, information and communication, and research. Statistical tables include…

The present monograph describes in detail the history and current status of early child care in France and discusses it in the contexts of family and cultural realities and attitudes toward children and upbringing. (Ed)

Discusses the problems involved in integrating physically disabled children into ordinary schools in England. Problems of coordination with health agencies, devising educational plans, and modifying the school environment are illustrated through a case study of a disabled child. Other issues are teacher training, responsibility for preparing the…

Parents and supplementary caregivers from family day care homes and day care centers completed the Carey Infant Temperament Questionnaire for 64 infants and toddlers. Results indicated that caregivers from day care centers perceived the temperament of children in their care as significantly more difficult than caregivers of children in family day…

Surveyed 94 couples to determine effects on child care experience associated with gender, parity, and various other demographic variables. As expected, women had higher scores than men. Experience was a linear function of parity for men, but not for women, and was unrelated to attitudes toward women. Implications for child care responsibility are…

The construction of moral decisions within a socially ambiguous situation is not exclusive to Andersen's emperor but, rather, is shared by many early childhood educators as powerful decision makers within the day care center. Suggests a cognitive model which explains the gap between these decision makers' hypothetical and actual moral knowledge.…

Discusses the questions of who should make the decisions as to whether children born with severe disabilities should live or die and what criteria should be used to make such decisions. Describes the ethical positions of various medical and advocate groups in the U.S. and Great Britain and the factors to be considered in making these decisions.…

Describes the experiences of a college instructor required by government regulations to return to the classroom for one year. Discusses initial problems in establishing control in an open plan primary school and eventual successes in teaching composition and multicultural education. Recommendations are made for inservice and preservice teacher…

Reports the findings of a group established to respond to the request of the Secretaire d'Etat a la Famille for proposals toward an early childhood policy. Describes the range of care for French children under three years. Highlights the disparities in terms of quality, availability, and cost. Offers proposals for correcting these problems. (CB)

Describes the kinds of child care services available in the United States, which range from family day care to public kindergarten. Briefly discusses federal and state regulations and the lack of good quality programs. (CB)

Discusses developmental changes in visual exploration and manipulative investigation among children from birth to six months, six to 12 months, and 12 to 36 months of age. Also discusses pretend play in terms of decentration, decontextualization, and integration. (RH)