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Should We "Just Stick to the Facts"? The Benefit of Controversial Conversations in Classrooms
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Kraatz, Elizabeth; von Spiegel, Jacqueline; Sayers, Robin; Brady, Anna C. – Theory Into Practice, 2022
Controversial topics may be uncomfortable for teachers to include in their in-class discussions. However, there are considerable cognitive and social-emotional benefits to engagement in controversial conversations, or classroom discussion about controversial topics. It is critical that teachers support students in respectful discussion to help…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Educational Benefits, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods
Applying Nurture as a Whole School Approach
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McNicol, Stephanie; Reilly, Laurence – Educational & Child Psychology, 2018
Aims: Applying Nurture as a Whole School Approach (ANWSA) (Education Scotland, 2016a), supports practitioners to evaluate the implementation of whole establishment nurture. Closing the poverty related attainment gap is a central aim of Scottish Government policy. Educational Psychologists (EPs) with their expertise in health, wellbeing and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Elementary Schools, Peer Teaching
The Wonder and Complexity of Infant and Toddler Peer Relationships
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Wittmer, Donna – Young Children, 2012
Wise teachers of infants and toddlers know how concerned, helpful, empathic, cooperative, and friendly--that is, how prosocial--very young children can be. Teachers see older infants crawl or toddle over to "friends" arriving later in the morning and greet them as if they had not seen them in weeks. Teachers and families know that these young…
Descriptors: Adults, Interpersonal Relationship, Caring, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Interactional Quality Depicted in Infant and Toddler Videos: Where Are the Interactions?
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Fenstermacher, Susan K.; Barr, Rachel; Brey, Elizabeth; Pempek, Tiffany A.; Ryan, Maureen; Calvert, Sandra L.; Shwery, Clay E.; Linebarger, Deborah – Infant and Child Development, 2010
This study examined the social-emotional content and the quality of social interactions depicted in a sample of 58 DVDs marketed towards infants and toddlers. Infant-directed videos rarely used social interactions between caregiver and child or between peers to present content. Even when videos explicitly targeted social-emotional content,…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Video Technology, Interpersonal Relationship
Playthings and Equipment that Encourage Child Initiated Play
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Hudson, Susan D. – Teaching Elementary Physical Education, 2005
This article deals with playthings and equipment that encourage child initiated play. Physical objects refer to concrete items within the play setting, such as balls, bats, craft supplies, playground equipment, musical instruments, and so forth. Social objects are other people, such as leaders, friends, teachers, and other participants. People are…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Play
Suggestions for Enhancing the Social Behaviors of Preschoolers with Disabilities Using Developmentally Appropriate Practices.
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Conroy, Maureen A.; And Others – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1996
Discusses the importance of social skills in young children, and the need for "naturalistic" procedures rather than teacher direction to intervene in social development of children with disabilities. Presents strategies for supporting social behaviors in preschoolers that foster social skills development in areas including large- and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disabilities