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Roopnarine, Jaipaul L., Ed.; Brown, Janet, Ed. – 1997
Little is known about the development and function of families in major Caribbean communities, an area composed of diverse ethnic and political groups, the majority of whom live on the edge of poverty. This edited book provides an interdisciplinary examination of Caribbean families, each chapter detailing studies dealing with family structures and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Children, Cultural Differences
Weis, Lois, Ed.; Fine, Michelle, Ed. – 1993
This book presents the following 16 papers addressing race, class, and gender in U.S. education; institutionalized power and privilege; and policies, discourses, and practices that may silence powerless groups: (1) "Breaking through the Barriers: African American Job Candidates and the Academic Hiring Process" (Roslyn Arlin Mickelson,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Hart, Betty; Risley, Todd R. – 1999
This book is the second to present the results on a study of how children's practice of speech, as shaped by family interaction, affects learning to talk. Participating in the study were 42 diverse families with young children. Each month for 2.5 years the interactions between 42 one- to two-year-olds and their parents were recorded as the…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Caregiver Speech, Child Development, Child Language
Download full textBowman, Barbara T., Ed.; Donovan, M. Suzanne, Ed.; Burns, M. Susan, Ed. – 2001
To enable educators, parents, and policymakers to make sound decisions about programs for young children, the Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy was established in 1997 by the National Research Council to study a broad range of research on early learning and development and to explore the implications for the education and care of children ages…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Cognitive Development
