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Jarvis, Pam – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2022
Infant attachment theory is now nearly seventy-years old. Despite debates that developed around the original theory relating to the role of the mother and the potential for emotional flexibility in the infant, its core thesis of the role of the 'Internal Working Model' in human mental health endures. Recent neurophysiological research reveals…
Descriptors: Infants, Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Mental Health
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Cudworth, Dave; Lumber, Ryan – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2021
Over the past 25 years Forest School in the UK has been growing in popularity as part of a wider resurgence of interest in outdoor learning. A key driver behind this recurrence of interest has been a growing concern over the lack of child exposure to outdoor experiences and with the natural world and their ensuing nature-deficit disorder. This…
Descriptors: Forestry, Environmental Education, Outdoor Education, Foreign Countries
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Pollmann, Andreas – Educational Studies, 2009
Schooling and school management can play an important part in promoting inclusive forms of national attachment, intercultural dialogue and reflexive engagements with the "Unfamiliar". The (inter) personal benefits of intercultural experiences and skills are widely acknowledged. But can we really learn to be intercultural? And what are…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Capital
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Boorn, Clare; Dunn, Paula Hopkins; Page, Claire – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2010
"Growing a nurturing classroom" is an awareness training programme presented by educational psychologists in Leicestershire for professionals working in primary schools with the aim of promoting an optimal environment for learning and emotional well-being. The training helps primary school staff to take a holistic approach to education;…
Descriptors: Learning Readiness, Educational Psychology, Holistic Approach, Classroom Environment
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Martindale, Russell J. J.; Collins, Dave; Daubney, Jim – Quest, 2005
The transformation of talented youngsters into senior world-beaters is a topic of interest for practitioners and researchers alike. Unfortunately there is a dearth of research to guide the optimization of this process. Accordingly, this paper offers an overview of key themes apparent in the literature that have relevance to the effective…
Descriptors: Talent Development, Athletics, Models, Holistic Approach
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Newman, Tony; McDaniel, Benny – Child Care in Practice, 2005
The translation of research into practice in social care is long on theory and short on practical examples. We describe a pilot project, which identified an important practice issue--the promotion of positive attachment in early infancy--explored the evidence base, summarised the findings, and devised an implementation process. The site of the…
Descriptors: Females, Pilot Projects, Theory Practice Relationship, Infants