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'We Are Creating a Reality': Teacher Agency in Early Bilingual Education
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Dubiner, Deborah; Deeb, Inas; Schwartz, Mila – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2018
This study was conducted within the context of bilingual Arabic-Hebrew medium preschools in Israel which were established to incorporate instruction in the native languages of both majority and minority children in the classroom. Bilingual education in various settings produces a wide variety of outcomes in terms of language proficiency, cultural…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Change Agents, Teacher Attitudes, Semitic Languages
Three-Year-Old Photographers: Educational and Parental Mediation as a Basis for Visual Literacy via Digital Photography in Early Childhood
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Friedman, Arielle – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2016
The study examines two years of an educational program for children aged three to four, based on the use of digital cameras. It assesses the program's effects on the children and adults involved in the project, and explores how they help the youngsters acquire visual literacy. Operating under the assumption that formal curricula usually…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Photography, Visual Literacy, Program Descriptions
HIPPY, A Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters.
Lombard, Avima D. – 1980
This document describes a home-based enrichment program for preschool children in Israel. The Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) provides weekly packets of educational activities to mothers and their educationally disadvantaged children of 4 to 6 years of age. Families selected for the program are of Afro-Asian origin, have…
Descriptors: Community Action, Educationally Disadvantaged, Enrichment Activities, Foreign Countries
El porque de la importancia de la ninez: Dedicando esfuerzos a la atencion y desarrollo de la primera infancia (Why Children Matter: Investing in Early Childhood Care and Development).
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Cohen, Ruth; Chetley, Andrew – 1994
This Spanish-language publication reflects the philosophy and support of the Bernard van Leer Foundation for early childhood care and development. It highlights different approaches to early childhood care and development and explains why the foundation believes that investing in early childhood is one of the best ways of building a brighter,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Development, Child Welfare, Community Involvement
Why Children Matter: Investing in Early Childhood Care and Development.
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Cohn, Ruth; Chetley, Andrew – 1994
This publication reflects the philosophy and support of the Bernard van Leer Foundation for early childhood care and development. It highlights different approaches to early childhood care and development and explains why the foundation believes that investing in early childhood is one of the best ways of building a brighter, better future. The…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Development, Child Welfare, Community Involvement
Project Education and Community Development. Ofakim-Israel. Summary Report on Project Operations, 1977-1983.
Paz, Ruth – 1985
The progress of a foundation-supported community intervention in Israel is traced from the moment of its conceptualization in 1976 to its final adoption in 1983 by the community in which it grew and developed. Part 1, "The Story of a Project," is divided into ten sections, of which the first three describe the project setting, its…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Cooperation, Community Development, Community Education