This report summarizes research evidence of the values in early childhood education with emphasis on nursery school education. Included are studies of the effects of nursery school and kindergarten on children's social, personal, emotional, and intellectual development, and later school achievement. Other reports focus on race awareness, dramatic…

Reviews research on intellectual, emotional, and social development of children in day care. (RH)

Contains 15 articles investigating and discussing issues generated by Piaget's theory of cognitive development. Discusses and examines questions related to object permanence, transitivity, conservation and the concept of necessity as these relate to children. Deals with the origins and causes of development, logical development, social and…

Under contract with the Ontario Ministry of Education, the Faculty of Education of the University of Ottawa undertook a comprehensive study of the needs and characteristics of students in the intermediate years, ages 12 to 16. The approach consisted in developing a relevant and pertinent synthesis of information, based on quality research studies,…

The junior high school, comprised of grades 7-9, was originally organized to meet the special needs of adolescent students. Current trends in school reorganization favor a middle school comprised of grades 6-8, raising the problem of where to place the ninth grade in the school organization. Assuming that ninth graders should be placed with…

This article provides a literature review on the consequences of adolescent childbearing on postnatal infant development. (DB)

Reviews the research concerning how the classroom environment--classroom ambiance, privacy, density and crowding, and arrangement of play and learning centers--can influence young children's play and social, emotional, and intellectual development. (BB)

This literature review examines the effects of hospitalization on the young child and suggests ways in which parents and hospital personnel can protect children from the potentially harmful emotional and intellectual effects of hospitalization. The history of attitudes toward the hospitalization of children is discussed. Children's emotional…

This paper reviews research reported in the last 10 years on the effects of day care on children and their families. The review is organized around the following areas: attachment and emotional development; psycho-social development; intellectual and cognitive development; health and nutritional effects; the effect of caregiver stability; the…