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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Do Children in Montessori Schools Perform Better in the Achievement Test? A Taiwanese Perspective
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Peng, Hsin-Hui; Md-Yunus, Sham'ah – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2014
The study examines whether elementary school students in Taiwan who had received Montessori education achieved significantly higher scores on tests of language arts, math, and social studies than students who attended non-Montessori elementary programs. One hundred ninety six children in first, second, and third grade participated in the study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Montessori Method, Scores
Chinese Kindergarten Teachers' Perceived Changes in Their Teaching Philosophies and Practices: A Case Study in a University-Affiliated Program
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Fees, Bronwyn S.; Hoover, LuAnn; Zheng, Fuming – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2014
Early childhood education in China has a dynamic history of educational reform. The objective of this study was to examine kindergarten teachers' current perceptions of educational philosophies and practices. As a consequence of globalization, researchers also examined what teachers perceived their international colleagues should understand…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Elementary School Teachers
Religion, Rule of Law, or the Family Honour? Moral Commitment among Lebanese Children
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Ghosn, Irma-Kaarina – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2009
The present study examined the moral development of Lebanese 1st graders. Interviews with sixty-three Lebanese children (28 girls and 35 boys, ages 6-7.5) were analysed for the study. The children (25 Christian and 38 Muslim) were interviewed about moral dilemmas children of this age might encounter in their daily life. The data revealed that…
Descriptors: Females, Religion, Moral Issues, Moral Values
The Public/Private Dichotomy: A Threat to Children's Fellow Citizenship?
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Ostrem, Solveig – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2008
When child-raising involves violence, a conflict of values arises between the parents' autonomy and the children's right to equal participation in a democratic society. In this article I discuss, from the perspective of discourse analysis, how a dichotomous understanding of the public versus private sphere can constitute a threat to children's…
Descriptors: Children, Citizenship, Democracy, Family (Sociological Unit)
Mathematics in Early Childhood--The Early Years Maths Curriculum in the UK and Children's Numerical Development
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Munn, Penny – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2006
The recent development of the British early years (3-5 years) maths curriculum is described as a function of successive educational reforms aimed at the primary school curriculum in general and the primary maths curriculum (5-12 years) in particular. Contradictions within this curriculum development process are explained in terms of current…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Young Children, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education
South African Children's Concepts of Their Future Environment
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van Staden, Christie J. S. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2006
This article, which is a revised version of a paper presented at the XXIV World Congress of OMEP conference in Melbourne in July 2004, reports on a study that explored young children's (5-9 years) vision of their future environment in South Africa--as temporal dimension, illustrating their conceptual understanding of this concept. A sample of 320…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Rural Areas