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Exploring the Views of Parents of High Ability Children Living in Relative Poverty
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Koshy, Valsa; Brown, Joanna; Jones, Deborah; Portman Smith, Carole – Educational Research, 2013
Background: This study is located in the general context of recent research on family life in England, "gifted and talented" education policy and the significance of parental engagement. There is strong evidence that parental involvement has a significant and positive effect on children's development and achievement. Although a great…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Poverty, Child Development
Family Literacy Programmes: A Comparative Study of Gender Roles in England, Ireland and Malta
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Rose, Anthea; Atkin, Chris – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
There is concern from government in each of the sample sites over the role fathers play in supporting their children through school. Fathers have become a more "visible parent" and a focus for policy-makers in education. Family literacy programmes are used in this article as an example of an educational programme where fathers are often…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Family Literacy, Fathers
"People Are Suspicious of Us": A Critical Examination of Father Primary Carers and English Early Childhood Services
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Roberts-Holmes, Guy P. – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2009
Positive father involvement and investment in the early years is of importance for children's later emotional, cognitive and social well-being. This article critically examines the multiple motivations and barriers experienced by the growing number of father primary carers. The small-scale research study presented suggests that for a…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Fathers
Changes in Parent-Child Interaction in Response to Intervention.
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Lupton, Laura; Lewis, Vicky – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1997
Examined whether early intervention programs aimed at promoting the attainments of children with disabilities change the nature of the parent-child interaction. Finds that mothers adjust their vocal patterns when interacting with disabled children based on the nature of the interaction and age of the child. Notes implications for intervention…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Parents and Educators: Dialogues and Development through Partnership.
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Easen, Patrick; And Others – Children & Society, 1992
Describes an approach to working with parents that emphasizes the parents' own learning processes and that can be termed a "developmental partnership." Parents are explicitly acknowledged as the primary educators of their own children. Issues in developmental partnership, including the role of the unconscious in relationships focused on…
Descriptors: Child Development, Foreign Countries, Learning, Parent Child Relationship
Current Topics in Early Childhood Education. Volume III.
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; And Others – 1980
This third volume of Current Topics in Early Childhood Education brings together the work of contributers from five nations--Australia, England, Ireland, West Germany, and the United States--and discusses a variety of issues of interest to researchers and practitioners in early childhood education. The volume deals with the following issues: a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Day Care, Early Childhood Education