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Download full textCole, Michael – 1983
The basic character of literacy is the creation of objects to regulate interactions with the physical and social worlds. "Remediation" means a shift in the way that mediating devices regulate coordination with the environment. If research on reading is to make a difference, it will have to start with an understanding of how contemporary…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Language Skills
Getty Center for Education in the Arts, Los Angeles, CA. – 1987
The rationale for this seminar was to strengthen the discipline-based art education (DBAE) stance and extend its horizons. The format of the proceedings featured a speaker followed by a respondent and group discussions on each of the four issues addressed by the seminar. Dennie Wolf explained how current research in child development and cognitive…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History
Zigler, Edward – 1968
Areas of agreement and disagreement concerning intellectual developmental and the problems of mental retardation espoused by the author and by Uzgiris are discussed in this paper. The importance of environmental factors, along with the genetic and/or constitutional nature of the organism on which these environmental events impinge, is seen as…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences
Gallagher, James J., Ed.; Dawson, George, Ed. – 1986
The impact of cultural background on science learning is explored in this compilation of papers and reports from an inter-American Seminar on science education. For the purposes of enriching science program planning, teacher education, research, and practice in the schools, varying ideas are offered on the effects of cultural background on science…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Elementary School Science
Development Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1976
This workshop was convened by the Office of Child Development (OCD) to identify research issues and to set priorities for research related to bilingual/bicultural early childhood development programs proposed by OCD. Workshop participants were researchers and persons with expertise in the development of bilingual/bicultural preschool programs. The…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Child Development
Goelman, Hillel, Ed.; And Others – 1984
The result of an international symposium conducted in Canada, this book contains articles by experts in the fields of anthropology, linguistics, psychology, sociology, and education on the subject of preschool children and literacy. The book is divided into three sections dealing with literacy and culture, learning to be literate, and literacy and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Cultural Influences, Early Reading
Becker, Joanne Rossi, Ed.; Pence, Barbara J., Ed. – 1993
This two-volume document provides the proceedings of a conference on the psychology of mathematics education. Plenary session themes were "Diversity and Equity," (with papers by Gilah Leder; Walter Secada; and Ubiratan D'Ambrosio), "Teacher Education," (with a paper by Thomas Cooney), and "Technology" (with papers by…
Descriptors: Algebra, Alternative Assessment, Beliefs, Cognitive Development
Geeslin, William, Ed.; Graham, Karen, Ed. – 1992
The Proceedings of PME-XVI has been published in three volumes because of the large number of papers presented at the conference. Volume 1 contains: (1) brief reports from each of the 11 standing Working Groups on their respective roles in organizing PME-XVI; (2) brief reports from 6 Discussion Groups; and (3) 35 research reports covering authors…
Descriptors: Action Research, Affective Behavior, Algebra, Arithmetic
