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…

Discusses research on home literacy experiences indicating that family literacy experiences are more embedded in family social events than in reading or writing activities. Notes that parent-child interaction, literacy events outside the family, and family values and attitudes about literacy are mainly responsible for children's later academic…

Explored philosophical bases of care and education among 41 British early childhood professionals. Found that child care staff's guiding principles tended to be specifically child-centered, while early childhood teachers and managers generated a broader range of principles incorporating aspects of curriculum and partnership. Found that…

Presents a new authorship method of child therapy based on visualization through motion. Maintains that this method stimulates motor development and musical receptiveness, and promotes personality development. Suggests that improvised movement to music facilitates the projection mechanism and that directed movement starts the channeling phase.…

Examined relationships between childhood workaholism and Type A behavior among fourth and fifth graders. Found no relationships between parent-rated Type A behaviors and children's self-perceived workaholism, self esteem, anxiety, or locus of control. Found no relationship between parental workaholism and child scores. Teachers' ratings related to…

Explores fears and phobias of childhood from a behavioral perspective. Maintains that many childhood fears are mild, age-specific, and transitory, whereas others persist beyond normal developmental limits. Maintains that severe school phobia is difficult to manage. Notes that reports of successful behavioral treatments of fears/phobias are rare in…

Traces developments within educational reforms relevant to drug prevention and education in the United Kingdom and elsewhere over the past 30 years; suggests how the best elements can be reconciled within a more effective whole. Offers an example of a sound educational process that matches this reconciliation and onto which other packages can be…