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Successful University & School Partnerships: Social Studies Clubs in Elementary Afterschool Programs
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Gieselmann, Sharon – Childhood Education, 2008
The University of Evansville (UE) is a small liberal arts college in southern Indiana. Through a unique four-year partnership between UE's School of Education and Dexter Elementary School, powerful social studies activities are delivered by preservice teachers to inner-city schoolchildren. The purpose of the afterschool social studies club…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Clubs
Girl-to-Girl Violence: The Voice of the Victims
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Boyer, Wanda – Childhood Education, 2008
School violence is not gender-exclusive to boys; girls are also capable of violence. Research shows that girl-to-girl violence stems from competition for male attention and tends to be relational in nature, which typically takes the form of social alienation, spreading of rumors, and otherwise manipulating the victim's peer group. By proactively…
Descriptors: Violence, Females, Prevention, Adolescents
The Peer Culture as a Learning Environment
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Lippitt, Peggy; Lippitt, Ronald – Childhood Education, 1970
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Human Resources
For Parents Particularly: The Ups and Downs of Early Adolescents.
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Jenkins, Gladys Gardner – Childhood Education, 1981
Points out characteristics of young adolescents, including mood swings, concern with self, and reliance on peers as a reference group. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Emotional Experience, Individual Characteristics, Junior High School Students
Especialmente para los Padres: Los Altos y Bajos de la Adolescentes Jovenes (For Parents Particularly: The Ups and Downs of Early Adolescents).
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Jenkins, Gladys Gardner – Childhood Education, 1981
Points out characteristics of young adolescents, including mood swings, concern with self, and reliance on peers as a reference group. For English translation, see EJ 242 849. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Emotional Experience, Individual Characteristics, Junior High School Students
Creating an Antidote to Beavis and Butthead: Urban Young Adolescents Building a Culture of Achievement.
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Allison, Jeannette; DeCicco, Emily K. – Childhood Education, 1997
Discusses the need of young adolescents to belong to their own culture wherein they can attain peer status and achievement. Presents a project in Castle Hill School (Pittsburgh) as an example of helping urban young adolescents to build a culture of achievement. Emphasizes the importance of this culture for young adolescents who cannot separate…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Cultural Context, Early Adolescents, Elementary Education
Chasing Friendship: Acceptance, Rejection, and Recess Play-- First-Grade Children Frequently Blurred the Line between Acceptance and Rejection while They Worked through Peer Relationships within the Complex Social Web of Playground Friendships
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Wohlwend, Karen E. – Childhood Education, 2004
In this article, inclusion and exclusion are interpreted not as functions of individual developmental deficit but rather as socially constructed phenomena within the peer group, highlighting the need for teachers to intervene with the entire class rather than focusing on perceived social skills deficits of particular children. The three sections…
Descriptors: Social Development, Friendship, Playgrounds, Peer Groups