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Maura Kearney; Alison Crawford; Cath Jennings; Jenni Kerr; Alison Woods – International Journal of Nurture in Education, 2020
Glasgow City Council has stated its aspiration to move 'Towards the Nurturing City' where all establishments have implemented a whole school nurturing approach. This paper seeks to document the experiences of children and parents/carers, captured through semi-structured questionnaires in focus groups, in 'nurturing establishments'. Nineteen…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Childrens Attitudes, Caring, Focus Groups
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Dighe, Satlaj; Seiden, Jonathan – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
Ethiopia has made significant investments in early education programs since 2010. A national goal set by the government of Ethiopia aimed to enroll 80% children below the age of 6 years in kindergarten-level "O-classes." However, effective partnerships with communities and families are required to achieve this goal. This study explores…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Early Childhood Education, Parent Attitudes, Play
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Tosun, Mustafa – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The reason that motivated me to initiate this writing is to emphasize the deficiency in the motivation and unwillingness of university youth cause of the parents approach toward the education at preparatory school. Moreover, my aim is to declare realistic suggestions about the issue with the help of observations that have been gained during the…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Learning Processes, Parent Participation, Foreign Countries
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Dorsett, Richard; Rienzo, Cinzia; Rolfe, Heather; Burns, Helen; Robertson, Barbara-Anne; Thorpe, Benjamin; Wall, Kate – Education Endowment Foundation, 2014
Mind the Gap sought to improve the metacognition and academic attainment of pupils in Year 4. There were two aspects to the intervention. The first involved training teachers in how to embed metacognitive approaches in their work, and how to continue to effectively and strategically involve parents. This training took place over a day and was…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Elementary School Students, Intervention, Teaching Methods
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1986
The Indicators of Quality Schools is a series of checklists of schoolwide practices or conditions found in schools known to have an effective instructional program. The instrument is designed to help schools identify areas of strength and areas where improvement is needed. The instrument consists of three parts: (1) the environment for learning,…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Check Lists, Classroom Techniques, Educational Diagnosis
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Research. – 1993
This report describes the background, program implementation, student development evaluation, and recommendations for the SuperStart program of New York City. SuperStart, a comprehensive integrated prekindergarten program, is designed to provide a developmentally appropriate learning environment to enhance the cognitive, social, physical,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Evaluation
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Research. – 1993
This report describes the background, program implementation, student development evaluation, and recommendations of SuperStart Plus, in New York City. SuperStart Plus, a comprehensive integrated prekindergarten program that serves general education and special education children in the same classroom, is designed to provide a developmentally…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Developmentally Appropriate Practices