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Pollock, Mica – Princeton University Press, 2005
This book considers in unprecedented detail one of the most confounding questions in American racial practice: when to speak about people in racial terms. Viewing "race talk" through the lens of a California high school and district, "Colormute" draws on three years of ethnographic research on everyday race labeling in…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Race, Ethnicity
Katz, Lillian G. – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1988
Kindergarten practices should reflect the best of what we know about how young children learn and develop. Discusses the following aspects of kindergarten: (1) learning knowledge, skills, dispositions, and feelings; (2) risks of academic pressures on young children; (3) development of interest, communicative competence, and social competence; (4)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Interpersonal Communication
Chen, Deborah; Haney, Michele; Klein, M. Diane; Alsop, Linda – 1998
This paper describes Project PLAI (Promoting Learning through Active Interaction), a 4-year research-to-practice project designed to develop and validate an early communication curriculum for infants who are deafblind and their caregivers. The curriculum provides a step-by-step approach to assist caregivers in recognizing their infants' early and…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Deaf Blind
Chen, Deborah; Haney, Michele – 1999
This final report describes the activities and outcomes of Promoting Learning through Active Interactions, a research-to-practice 4-year project that developed, implemented, and validated a five-module curriculum with 25 infants (ages 6-30 months) who are deaf-blind, their parents, and early interventionists. The project had the following…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development
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Sandoval, Pamela A.; And Others – Contemporary Education, 1993
Analysis of professor (n=9) interviews and focus group (25 teacher instructors and coordinators) discussions reveals progress and problems of implementing the Urban Teacher Education Program (Indiana). This preservice program features instructional teams, composed of a methods professor and several teacher instructors, that manage student teacher…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperating Teachers, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Wilhelm, Irma J., Ed. – 1988
This symposium considered major issues in the delivery of physical therapy services to children and their families. The 26 invited participants used a series of formal presentations and small and large group sessions to identify issues, set priorities for action, and develop preliminary recommendations. Formal presentations include: "Issues…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Role, Allied Health Occupations Education, Change Strategies