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A Sustainable Start for the Youngest Congolese Refugees in Uganda
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Smitheram, Esther – Childhood Education, 2021
Despite the wealth of evidence that early learning opportunities are crucial for young children in crisis, little evidence shows a commensurate commitment to early childhood development (ECD) provision in refugee and humanitarian programming. The Kyaka II refugee settlement in Uganda is a case in point. Home to over 125,000 Congolese refugees,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Access to Education, Barriers
High Impact for Youth by Youth: Health and Education Programs in Southern Africa
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Okatch, Dorothy – Childhood Education, 2021
Young people in East and Southern Africa need greater access to reliable information about health and education in order to make informed decisions on health matters--focusing on HIV and teenage pregnancy--and to increase basic education outcomes. Young 1ove organization, established in March 2014 in Gaborone, Botswana, is a grassroots, youth-led,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Education, Health Promotion, Peer Teaching
Working with Parents on the Run
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Nedler, Shari – Childhood Education, 1977
Suggests ways to involve working parents with the early childhood education programs in which their children are enrolled. (MS)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Parent Participation
Public Education for Four-Year-Olds: "To Be Or Not to Be"
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Hunter, Madeline – Childhood Education, 1973
An argument for support for legislative proposals to achieve quality day care for children under age 5. Proposes programs should (1) augment, not supplant, family, (2) include parent participation, (3) be constantly monitored, (4) provide stimulation emphasizing all facets of children's growth, and (5) return greatest educational dividend for…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
The Development of Student Study Centers to Improve Homework and Learning in Scotland.
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MacBeath, John – Childhood Education, 1998
Examines findings and practical implications of a study on homework which helped Scottish policymakers, educators and families better understand, improve and build upon home-school relations. The study prompted the creation of study support centers in schools that were staffed by librarians, teachers, and parents. (JPB)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Home Study, Homework
Early Childhood Care and Education in Kenya
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Mbugua, Tata J. – Childhood Education, 2004
Recent years have seen a global endeavor to prioritize early childhood care and education as a foundation for later learning and development, as evidenced by the Global Guidelines for Early Childhood Education and Care in the 21st Century (Association for Childhood Education International/World Organization for Early Childhood, 1999). Such efforts…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Foreign Countries, Young Children
Chronicles of a Mentorship: A Book Bag Partnership Becomes Successful via Interactive Professional Dialogue
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Merenda, Rose C.; Kumar, Rashmi – Childhood Education, 2006
In this article, the authors present a travelogue about the book bag partnership. The book bag literacy partnership is a multi-faceted collaboration between school and home, and between children and adults. It uses literature to elicit readers's responses and perspectives. Designed for children from infancy to the elementary school years, the book…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Elementary School Students, Personal Narratives, School Culture