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Chance, Paul – 1979
Summarized in this volume are concepts, presented and developed at a roundtable discussion by scientists and child health professionals, focusing on aspects of children's play behavior. Participants sought to answer three questions: (1) What is play behavior and what is known about it? (2) How does play contribute to infant and child development?…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Games, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Criteria
Download full textStinson, William J., Ed. – 1988
These papers focus on four themes: (1) young children: active learners; (2) physical education: the forgotten aspect of early childhood education; (3) dance: bringing movement as art into the early childhood curriculum; and (4) the child as an energetic, moving learner. Common threads of emphasis were woven through the content of the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Dance, Early Childhood Education, Health Promotion
Boswell, Jacquelyn, Ed. – 1985
Proceedings of the 1984 Music in Early Childhood Conference held at Brigham Young University are presented in this document. Part I contains keynote addresses; Parts II through IV, respectively, consist of reports by research teams, synopses of workshops, and abstracts of research sessions. Keynote speakers addressed a broad scope of issues…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Listening, Music Education
Guddemi, Marcy, Ed.; Jambor, Tom, Ed.; Skrupskelis, Audrey, Ed. – 1999
This booklet compiles 30 papers selected from presentations at "Play in a Changing Society: Research, Design, and Application," the fifth triennial national conference of the American Association for the Child's Right to Play. The papers are grouped into five sections; each section contains an introduction to the papers. The sections…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Children
Hazareesingh, Nedra, Ed.; Livingston, Jean, Ed. – 1988
This collection contains the keynote address and several presentations that were delivered at a University of Minnesota conference on issues in early childhood education. Keynote speaker Rheta DeVries discussed three tasks facing the educator who is learning to be a constructivist teacher: understanding the nature of the child's mind; overcoming…
Descriptors: Art Education, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Community Programs
Warwick Univ., Coventry (England). Dept. of Education. – 1993
This document contains abstracts of 46 presentations from the first Warwick International Early Years Conference. Presentations included discussions of research studies, program descriptions, and opinion papers on a variety of topics pertaining to child development and early childhood education. Topics covered include: (1) cross-cultural…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Child Development, Community Development, Computer Uses in Education
Identifying the Needs of Drug-Affected Children: Public Policy Issues. OSAP Prevention Monograph-11.
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Office for Substance Abuse Prevention. – 1992
This monograph explores the research findings and experiential knowledge base on toddlers and preschool-age children who were prenatally exposed to alcohol and other drugs. It is designed to influence public policy relating to the needs and early intervention plans for this population, from the medical, child welfare, psychosocial, developmental,…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Development, Child Welfare
Victoria Education Dept. (Australia). – 1997
These conference proceedings comprise 19 papers and the plenary session presented at the Early Years Schooling Conference held in Melbourne, Australia. The plenary session was "A Developmental Approach to Teaching Young Children" conducted by Lilian Katz. The keynote addresses and breakout sessions were: (1) "Developmental Learning:…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Computer Uses in Education
Fleer, Marilyn, Ed. – Journal for Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 1997
This volume consists of selected refereed papers from the fourth annual conference on Australian Research in Early Childhood Education. The papers represent a cross-section of research interests in the field of early childhood education, care, and development. Differing methodologies are also featured in this issue. The papers are: (1)…
Descriptors: Administrators, Art Activities, Child Caregivers, Child Development
