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Graue, M. Elizabeth; Ryan, Sharon; Nocera, Amato; Northey, Kaitlin; Wilinski, Bethany – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2017
We might call this decade the era of early childhood. In the US, federal and state governments invest in the creation of public pre-kindergarten (preK) programs and create standards that articulate goals for practice and benchmarks that can be used to evaluate success. How have these trends provided a context for the evolution of preK curriculum?…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Standards, Accountability, Preschool Education
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Lippman, Peter C. – T.H.E. Journal, 2013
Given the differences in social, emotional, and physiological development among elementary, middle, and high school students, it should come as no surprise that collaborative spaces should be designed differently for each age group. The needs of younger students do not necessarily mirror those of their older peers. Architect and educator Peter…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Facilities Design, Audience Awareness, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Friedlaender, Diane; Beckham, Kyle; Zheng, Xinhua; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2015
This report documents the practices and outcomes of Alice Birney, a public K-8 Waldorf-Inspired School in Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD). This study highlights how such a school addresses students' academic, social, emotional, physical, and creative development. Birney students outperform similar students in SCUSD on several…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Philosophy, Educational History, Educational Research
Minicozzi, Lisa L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study is to explore the tensions that exist between the pressures teachers feel about accountability and what early childhood teachers have long known as developmentally appropriate practice. This study addresses the experiences, insights, and reflections of four kindergarten teachers working at a suburban elementary school. In…
Descriptors: Accountability, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers
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Smith, Amanda; Fotinatos, Nina; Duffy, Bernadette; Burke, Jenene – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2013
In Australian schools, one significant component of whole-school learning in sexuality education is to provide students with developmentally appropriate curriculum and learning opportunities, with the intention of influencing positive health and well-being. In the situation where the usual classroom teacher is under-prepared or unwilling to teach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Sex Education, Comprehensive School Health Education
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Holmes, Robyn M. – American Journal of Play, 2011
This article describes how adult attitudes toward play on the Hawaiian island of Lana'i reflect the connection between play and culture. It is based on a study of ninety-two caregivers (parents, grandparents, and other adult custodians), primarily representing individuals of Filipino, part Hawaiian, and Japanese heritages. These respondents…
Descriptors: Play, Caregivers, Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Role
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Lambie, Ian; Seymour, Fred; Popaduk, Tanya – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2012
A significant number of children and adolescents engage in deliberate fire setting, beyond the scope of curiosity and experimentation. Interventions developed to respond to the needs of such fire setters generally involve educational and/or psychosocial approaches. Research evaluating the effectiveness of these interventions is dominated by…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Recidivism, Intervention, Caregivers
Crocker, Catherine D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this mixed method embedded study was to examine the relationship teachers' cognitive learning style may have upon implementation of specific teaching strategies. Research has shown that cognitive learning style not only impacts how an individual's mind organizes information, but also affects choices made in respect to learning and…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Teaching Experience, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Kelley, Lynn Allyson – ProQuest LLC, 2009
An investigation was conducted to determine whether the level of social studies interview questions second graders formulate and use can be increased with questioning instruction in terms of quality, which is defined as depth of response, and in terms of quantity. This was a quantitative study using both qualitative and quantitative data in which…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Grade 2
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Measham, Thomas G. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2007
This paper discusses the concept of "primal landscapes" as a way of conceptualising the interactions between children and the environments they grow up in. The paper discusses this concept drawing on empirical research conducted in the field of human geography on how people learn about their environments. The research employed a…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Environmental Education, Human Geography, Experiential Learning