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Swart, Avis; And Others – 1973
This paper is a letter to Professor Hans G. Furth discussing his book "Piaget for Teachers" as related to the program of the Campus School at State University College in Plattsburgh, N.Y. The letter is from the three teachers who work with a classroom of 54 youngsters. There are approximately equal numbers of 4-, 5-, 6-, and 7-year olds…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education, Instructional Innovation, Intellectual Development
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Case, Robbie – Review of Educational Research, 1975
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Early Childhood Education
Murphy, Lois B.; Leeper, Ethel M. – 1973
Considered are optimal conditions for learning in the child care center serving preschool children. Discussed as aspects of learning based on real life experiences are provision for a rich environment, opportunities for learning about the world and space, learning one's way around, and learning about measuring numbers, time, days and seasons,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Day Care Centers, Discovery Learning, Early Childhood Education
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Aronoff, Frances Webber – Music Educators Journal, 1974
Considered the need for involving teachers in the long range benefits of developing musicality in children. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Children, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education
Clark, Barbara – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1986
Studies in intellectual development, brain organization, and learning are summarized. They show that neither intelligence nor giftedness are solely the result of cognitive functions. Both rely on the use of the total brain in an appropriate environment. Intelligence is dynamic. It must be used and developed or it will be lost. (PS)
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Early Childhood Education
Tumin, Melvin – 1968
Every human being is always open to some degree; for example, open for learning, experience, change, improvement, or further degradation by his own standards or those of others. Every experience alters an individual's learning capacity. Therefore, to say a child is naturally of high or low intelligence with unlimited or limited learning power is…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Goal Orientation
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Jalongo, Mary Renck – Childhood Education, 1990
Examines the contributions of creativity and imagination to the total learning of the young child. Offers arguments against the myths that lead to deemphasis of the arts in curriculum. Recommends ways of refashioning schools to promote the expressive arts. (BB)
Descriptors: Art Education, Childrens Rights, Creative Art, Creative Expression
Saracho, Olivia Natividad – 1997
Cognitive style identifies the ways individuals react to different situations. Cognitive styles include stable attitudes, preferences, or habitual strategies that distinguish the individual styles of perceiving, remembering, thinking, and solving problems. Intended for researchers, psychologists, child development specialists, and early childhood…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
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Smith, Anne B. – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Presents theoretical background for building an early childhood curriculum based on the Educare approach. Five principles are explained. They emphasize that learning drives development and that social interaction, interpersonal relationships, mutual understanding, and culture are unique in developmental processes. Concludes that teachers can have…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cultural Context, Curriculum Development
Kaufman, Barry A. – 1975
This critique of three Piaget-based curricula presents the argument that it is essential for early childhood educators to distinguish between the actual contributions of Piaget in regard to specific epistemological questions and the way these contributions have been reinterpreted to provide a basis for early childhood curriculum reform. The…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Moore, Raymond S. – 1973
This paper challenges those involved in early childhood education to reexamine unquestioned assumptions concerning the benefits of early schooling. A synergic effect is posited by bringing together research areas that had formerly remained somewhat autonomous: Neurophysiology, vision, hearing, parent attitudes, affective domain, comparative school…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Henderson, Ronald W.; And Others – 1972
The history and accomplishments of the Arizona Center for Early Childhood Education from its founding in 1966, as a component of the National Laboratory on Early Childhood Education, to its reorganization in 1972, as the Arizona Center for Educational Research and Development, are presented. The Arizona Center originated with a commitment to the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Cultural Pluralism, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth