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Peer reviewedCuevas, Eduardo J. – NAMTA Journal, 1997
Discusses cornerstone of Montessori theory, normalization, which asserts that if a child is placed in an optimum prepared environment where inner impulses match external opportunities, the undeviated self emerges, a being totally in harmony with its surroundings. Makes distinctions regarding normalization, normalized, and normality, indicating how…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Classroom Environment, Educational Theories, Montessori Method
Peer reviewedMcTaggart, Philippa; Sanders, Matthew R. – Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, 2003
Evaluates the effectiveness of a parenting intervention, namely The Positive Parenting Program, in reducing child behavior problems in the classroom. The levels of teacher reported conduct problems were significantly lower in the intervention schools. The results provide evidence that a parent training program can be effective in reducing the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedTegano, Deborah W.; And Others – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1996
Summarizes three studies on the effects of physical environment on preschool children's play and cognitive development, and discusses implications for classroom design. Notes that size of play area, and the extent to which the size of structures in that area was proportional to children's size, affected the rate at which children entered complex…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedWheeler, Edith J. – Childhood Education, 1994
Reviews recent research on children's peer conflicts, examining the structure, participant characteristics, and social and physical context of these conflicts. Explores how children's conflicts are complex social interactions, embracing a wide range of issues, strategies, and outcomes. Discusses implications for teachers. (MDM)
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavioral Science Research, Child Behavior, Children
Colbert, Judith – Early Childhood News, 1997
Presents suggestions for organizing the early childhood classroom, focusing on play unit assessment and creating accessible areas that hold children's interest. Discusses how classroom design influences teacher behavior, children's independence, and social interaction. Examines the connection between classroom design and developmental and program…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Development, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
Download full textClyde, Margaret – 1991
Child care in New Zealand and Australia has become a crucial part of the child-rearing system, and most preschool children spend a prolonged period in at least one away-from-home environment for a substantial part of the day. Because so many preschool children are exposed to a child care environment before entering school, the transition from…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Rearing, Classroom Environment, Day Care
