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Download full textBrown, E. Glyn; Amwake, Carolynn; Speth, Tim; Scott-Little, Catherine – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2002
In the face of today's challenging social and family issues, many new efforts are underway to help children and families. One solution that many communities have adopted is the establishment of a collaborative partnership that involves all the relevant partners--home, school, and community--in the planning and monitoring of services for children.…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Role, Family School Relationship, Instructional Materials
Murphey, David A.; Burns, Catherine E. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2002
A multipart assessment of kindergarten readiness was developed for the State of Vermont. The approach reflects emerging consensus around the appropriate domains of development to include in child assessments, as well as the need to assess schools' readiness for young children and their families. The approach differs from some states' approaches,…
Descriptors: Community Role, Institutional Evaluation, Learning Readiness, School Readiness
Bullard, Julie; Bullock, Janis R. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2002
This article discusses two early childhood professors' experience of teaching a week-long collaborative course on Reggio Emilia, the Project Approach, and documentation. Principles of adult learning were used as a foundation to structure and organize the course, in which the early childhood education students applied their knowledge and skills to…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Early Childhood Education, Higher Education
Danyi, Debra; Sebest, Heather; Thompson, Amy; Young, Lisa – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2002
Four kindergarten classes in an Ohio elementary school chose to study apples as a group project. Documenting the kindergartners' first experience with project work, this article discusses how the project evolved, and describes the three phases of the projectdiscussions of prior knowledge, fieldwork and visits from experts, and the culminating…
Descriptors: Documentation, Kindergarten, Learning Activities, Preschool Curriculum
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; Rothenberg, Dianne, Ed. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2002
Early Childhood Research & Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed, Internet-only journal sponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE), covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. The journal emphasizes articles reporting on practice-related…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Child Caregivers, Developmental Continuity, Early Childhood Education
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; Rothenberg, Dianne, Ed. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2001
Early Childhood Research and Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed, Internet-only journal sponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE), covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. The journal emphasizes articles reporting on practice-related…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Electronic Journals, Kindergarten Children, Preschool Curriculum
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; Rothenberg, Dianne, Ed. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2001
Early Childhood Research and Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed, Internet-only journal sponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE), covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. This issue of ECRP contains the following major articles: (1)…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Electronic Journals
Examining Multicultural Picture Books for the Early Childhood Classroom: Possibilities and Pitfalls.
Mendoza, Jean; Reese, Debbie – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2001
Picture books that depict the variety of ethnic, racial, and cultural groups within U.S. society (known generally as multicultural picture books) allow young children opportunities to develop their understanding of others, while affirming children of diverse backgrounds. This paper discusses the possibilities and the pitfalls involved in the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Book Reviews, Childrens Literature, Critical Reading
Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2001
This paper focuses on effective transition-to-school programs. Using a framework of 10 guidelines developed through the Starting School Research Project, the paper provides examples of effective strategies and transition programs. In this context, the nature of some current transition programs is questioned, and the curriculum of transition is…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Program Design
Fleet, Alma; Patterson, Catherine – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2001
This paper challenges traditional perspectives of professional development through a reconceptualization of early childhood professional growth. A review of the early childhood professional development literature reveals the problematic nature of the linear perspectives and deficit models of staff development prevalent in the early childhood…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Constructivism (Learning), Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Mott, Michael Seth; Klomes, Jeannine M. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2001
A process writing and hypermedia literacy program was designed, taught, and evaluated by early childhood teachers. The program, funded through a Goals 2000 grant, took place in a public school summer camp for children (n=160) ages 6-9 in a public school in rural northeast Mississippi. Reactive-participant data collection methods were used to…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Computer Uses in Education, Creative Writing, Hypermedia
Dixon, Becky – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2001
This article describes a project on water undertaken by kindergartners. The article first lists criteria that help determine the merit of a topic for study, followed by a discussion of how the water project emerged. Preliminary work by the teachers, the formation of groups to explore specific aspects of water, and the results of each group's work…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Documentation, Early Childhood Education, Experiential Learning
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; Rothenberg, Dianne, Ed. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2000
Early Childhood Research and Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed, Internet-only journal sponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE), covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. ECRP emphasizes articles reporting on practice-related…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Educational Policy
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; Rothenberg, Dianne, Ed. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2000
Early Childhood Research and Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed, Internet-only journal sponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE), covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. ECRP emphasizes articles reporting on practice-related…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Change Strategies, Church Role, Documentation
Gallagher, James J.; Clifford, Richard M. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2000
Noting that current programs for young children outside the home lack a comprehensive infrastructure or support system to stand behind the delivery of services to the child and family, this paper proposes the development of a support infrastructure designed to provide continuing and effective assistance to those who work with young children. A…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change
