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Hofmann, Michèle – History of Education, 2021
The article explores the notions of children's intellectual 'ab/normality' that were conceptualised in the context of emerging special educational measures at the turn of the twentieth century and the concomitant notions of child development. From the mid-nineteenth century onwards, the medical classification of 'idiocy' provided the framework for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Intellectual Development, Special Education
Mehboob Ul Hassan; Tanveer Kouser; Abid Hussain Chaudhary; Haq Nawaz – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2024
Lifespan is a pool of stories that, in the beginning, sets the tone. It lays the foundation for students' long-life learning, attitudes formation, behavioral modifications, and shapes the trajectories of students' early childhood development (an important thread of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Target 4.2 bedrock on "access to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Empathy, Child Development
Childhood Education, 2021
In Pangbisa village in Paro, Bhutan, a unique institution is a testament to His Majesty the King's recognition of the critical role of education in enriching the lives of people and the society, nurturing successive generations of leaders and building a strong, secure, and prosperous nation. The Royal Academy consists of three centers--the School,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role of Education, Child Development, Emotional Development
Lunga, Prosper; Esterhuizen, Stef; Koen, Mariette – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2022
Background: Children's holistic development includes physical, cognitive, socio-emotional, moral and affective development and lies in early childhood development education (ECDE). According to research, children learn through different age-appropriate teaching and learning pedagogies. Therefore, the importance of implementing a play-based…
Descriptors: Play, Teaching Methods, Child Development, Young Children
Trawick-Smith, Jeffrey – Pearson, 2022
"Early Childhood Development" celebrates the rich diversity of development among children in all neighborhoods in the United States and around the globe. It examines the physical, social, emotional, linguistic and intellectual characteristics of children from birth through age 8. Within each development domain, it considers the typical…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Diversity, Socioeconomic Background
Saracho, Olivia N.; Evans, Roy – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Educational pioneers believed that the early childhood curriculum was inappropriate for most of the children. It needed to be modified to meet each child's maturing needs, abilities, and interests. The pioneers advocated that education should be more hands-on and assist children to function successfully in society. They recommended the initiation…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Child Development
Cameron, Claire – UCL IOE Press, 2018
As a society we want our children and young people to thrive and fulfil their potential. How then, can we best identify and respond to their needs in order to achieve this? In this lecture, Professor Claire Cameron takes the case of children in state care and the longer-term impacts on those young people of having been in care. In particular, she…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Child Development, Child Care, State Programs
Michell, Michael – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2016
The concept of perezhivanie, Vygotsky's "last word" on psychology, has been among the most difficult of his theoretical constructs to define and operationalise in research. Drawing on close analysis of key texts, this article identifies and examines three defining attributes of "perezhivanie" found throughout Vygotsky's works.…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Psychological Patterns, Intellectual Development, Perception
Lerner, Richard M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2018
This article embeds the study of character development within the two-decades-long research program framed by the Lerner and Lerner model of positive youth development. Character development involves attaining the feelings, thoughts, and skills needed to act coherently across time and place to serve self and others in mutually beneficial, positive…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Intellectual Development, Emotional Development, Child Development
Helm, Judy Harris, Ed.; Snider, Karrie A., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2019
This book began as a deep discussion among administrators, teachers, researchers, teacher educators, and educational consultants concerned about the critical reduction of play, engaged learning opportunities, and intellectually stimulating experiences in classrooms for toddlers through the primary grades. This group made a pact to organize and…
Descriptors: Play, Toddlers, Preschool Education, Primary Education
Eberle, Scott G. – American Journal of Play, 2014
Scholars conventionally find play difficult to define because the concept is complex and ambiguous. The author proffers a definition of play that takes into consideration its dynamic character, posits six basic elements of play (anticipation, surprise, pleasure, understanding, strength, and poise), and explores some of their emotional, physical,…
Descriptors: Play, Definitions, Child Development, Emotional Development
Rey, Fernando Luís González; Martínez, Albertina Mitjáns – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2016
This paper aims to discuss the relevance that the concept of "perezhivanie" had for Soviet psychology and its implication for the development of topics that have been largely neglected both in Soviet psychology and in the Western Vygotskian tradition. According to the position defended in this paper, "perezhivanie" is not just…
Descriptors: Psychology, Foreign Countries, Western Civilization, Individual Development
Baisheva, Mariia I.; Golikov, Alexey I.; Prokopieva, Maria M.; Popova, Ludmila V.; Zakharova, Alexandra I.; Kovtun, Tatiana Ju. – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2017
The modern education is dominantly targeted at the left hemisphere. It draws insufficient attention to the harmonization of the functioning of both brain hemispheres. This has a negative impact on the development of the abilities of children and is especially detrimental to boys and those children who are brought up in the natural environment. In…
Descriptors: Games, Folk Culture, Child Development, Intellectual Development
Ritchie, Stuart J.; Bates, Timothy C.; Plomin, Robert – Child Development, 2015
Evidence from twin studies points to substantial environmental influences on intelligence, but the specifics of this influence are unclear. This study examined one developmental process that potentially causes intelligence differences: learning to read. In 1,890 twin pairs tested at 7, 9, 10, 12, and 16 years, a cross-lagged…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Twins, Environmental Influences, Child Development
Educational Perspectives, 2015
In the summer of 1899, [John] Dewey gave two series of talks at Honolulu High School on Tuesday and Friday evenings from 8:00 to 10:00. The first set of five lectures was entitled "The Life of the Child;" the second set, "Movements in Nineteenth Century Thought." The first talk of the lecture series was delivered on the evening…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Child Development, Imagination, Early Experience