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Direct linkYuen, C. Y. – Intercultural Education, 2004
This paper draws conclusions from a pioneering project that has offered a systematic institute-school support scheme for the education of newly arrived students from mainland China (NAS) in six Hong Kong primary schools. It begins with an overview of the monocultural nature of Hong Kong education and its early experience in educating the NAS. An…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Experience, Faculty Development
Peer reviewedSchultz, Leroy G.; Jones, Preston Jr. – Child Welfare, 1983
Results of a West Virginia survey of sexual abuse of children challenge popular myths about child molestation. The danger of trauma caused by medical treatment is pointed out, intervention guidelines are provided, and social indicators of acute and chronic molestation are listed. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, College Students, Early Experience, Guidelines
Brownell, Celia A.; Strauss, Mark S. – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1984
Examines the assumptions about infant development that underlie infant intervention programs. Focuses on four popular ideas: that environment is the sole determinant of development; that development is linear and continuous; that early experiences carry more weight than later experiences; and that providing a more "stimulating"…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
Strauss, Mark S.; Brownell, Celia A. – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1984
Summarizes major ideas of articles in special issue on infant intervention programs. Describes current assumptions about infant stimulation, differences between programs based on the populations they serve, and research findings on the efficacy of infant stimulation. Assesses the future of infant intervention. (KH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Infants
San Diego County Office of Education, CA. – 1991
This information packet contains four articles supporting the notion that young children must be instructed in their native languages in order to achieve academic, social, and personal success. The document suggests that failure to develop the first language impedes progress in the second and produces a child who is limited in both. It lists…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Family Communication
