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Gaias, Larissa Michelle; Shivers, Eva Marie; Dumka, Larry E. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Early childhood education (ECE) classroom quality has become increasingly important as the link between high quality early learning experiences and future success has become clear. However, the definition of ECE quality does not include indicators that address issues of culture, race, and ethnicity, that may be particularly relevant for our most…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Measurement, Social Bias
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Montessori, Maria – NAMTA Journal, 2001
Presents the underlying assumptions for the Erdkinder concept of educating adolescents. Discusses the importance of independence and social life beyond the family, the necessary environmental awareness for youth in the context of civilization, the meaning behind social values of civilization, and the importance of social morals, social…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Childhood Needs, Montessori Method
Boyer, Ernest L. – 1984
Communicating values is at the heart of education. Intertwined with the processes and procedures of schooling, a host of values are taught every day. Education, therefore, carries with it a social and moral imperative. If we are to help students avoid moral bankruptcy, we cannot have a value-neutral education. A basic feature of the social and…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Core Curriculum, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
Staub, Debbie – 1995
This paper summarizes findings of a 3-year study assessing outcomes for 35 children (preschool to high school aged) with mild to severe disabilities in inclusive educational settings. Additionally, the study looked at "connected" pairs of children--each pair including a child with and a child without a disability. It identified three main areas of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Hodge, R. Lewis – 1988
Recent concern about citizenship education has resulted in the examination of how civic values are presented in the classroom. Using the 10 civic values from R. Freeman Butts'"The Revival of Civic Learning," two third grade classrooms and their teachers are observed, and the textbooks for reading, social studies, and health are examined…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Content Analysis
O'Brien, Leigh M. – 2003
Based on the experiences of a participant observer (weekly playground volunteer) over the course of one school year, this paper recounts the experiences of first through third graders during recess and discusses the importance of outdoor play for providing children an opportunity to speak and act unfettered by adult expectations, thereby promoting…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Needs, Discipline