This article compares the organization and practice of primary English language teaching in Norway and The Netherlands, considering the strengths and weaknesses of the respective systems. It is based on surveys carried out in each country. Several issues considered essential to the success of a primary EFL program are addressed, such as starting…

This paper examines the extent to which legitimacy affects program continuation, and focuses on the process by which programs attempt to maintain legitimate status through conformity with the larger environment. Legitimacy is defined as cultural support from a program's larger environment, such as the school district or community. An innovative…

The author administered the Student Orientation Questionnaire to 205 tertiary students to measure students' orientation towards pedagogy or andragogy. Results indicate that the second factor is independent of the first factor. Thus, he argues that the relationship between pedagogy and andragogy is orthogonal. (CH)

Argues that health psychology for children is not given proper attention. Proposes applying a developmental perspective to health psychology, highlighting children's problems and the fact that children need to be viewed as more than potential consumers of adult health psychology services or as agents for the prevention of adult health problems.…

The author describes the design, distribution, and impact of class newsletters anchored in theories of intellectual development and produced by the Counseling and Career Development Center at Allegheny College (Pennsylvania). Developmental stages and concerns of students in each class year are presented as a basis for the topics and approach used…

Investigates the cognitive development of counseling students at 3 points in their training. Analysis showed a linear trend between the students' progression through the program and their cognitive development. Results lend support to the idea that it may be possible to capture the broad development of counselor education students with a…

The South Australian Education Department introduced the School Entry Assessment (SEA) Policy in 2001 to help teachers assess young learners and plan relevant learning events, to help collect information about South Australian education from Pre-School to Year 3, and to facilitate collaboration within and between educational and social…

A rite-of-passage program as a course of action for successfully transitioning Black young people into adulthood and fostering positive outcomes in their lives is the focus of this study. The program draws upon African traditional culture to impart values, improve self-concept, and develop cultural awareness. Utilizing data from a larger study,…

To further explore central developmental themes of emerging adulthood, the authors conducted a study that combines qualitative and quantitative data about the types of personal growth and decline reported by a sample of emerging adults, who also described the life events and other experiences that brought about these personal changes. After…

The increased interest in FLES (Foreign Language in the Elementary Schools) programs has prompted many foreign language educators to consider the impact of program articulation on the development of a successful K-12 language program. Program articulation is the process of providing a smooth transition between foreign language classrooms, and can…

Surveyed college students' and both their parents' (282 families), actual attitudes and their perceptions of the other generation's attitudes. Although results confirm that youths perceived less intergenerational continuity in attitudes than their parents, they call into question the connection between psychosocial development status of either…

For pairs of full siblings, half-siblings, and cousins, analyzed maternal ratings of children's behavior problems at three times between ages 4 and 10. Found that nonshared environmental influences were substantial at each age but did not contribute to continuities in children's problem behaviors. Results favor a liability model that relates…

Examines continuity in career development from adolescence to middle adulthood by testing the proposition that early developmental task-coping activity predicts later task-coping activity. Results reveal that occupational choice clarity predicted midcareer establishment activity. (Contains 39 references and 3 tables.) (GCP)

Omaha, Nebraska's, full-day kindergarten program was designed to allow students to become actively involved with their environment in a child-centered classroom. The program integrated new learning with past experiences, aided by carefully selected materials fostering interaction and problem solving. The district next designed a developmentally…

Explored the stability of temperament of 450 Australian children. One of the child's parents completed a measure of the child's temperament at 5 instances between 18 months and 8 years. Approach, irritability, cooperation-manageability, inflexibility, rhythmicity, and persistence factors showed substantial continuity from infancy to eight years.…