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Guddemi, Marcy, Ed.; Jambor, Tom, Ed.; Skrupskelis, Audrey, Ed. – 1999
This booklet compiles 30 papers selected from presentations at "Play in a Changing Society: Research, Design, and Application," the fifth triennial national conference of the American Association for the Child's Right to Play. The papers are grouped into five sections; each section contains an introduction to the papers. The sections…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Children
Frost, Joe L., Ed.; Sunderlin, Sylvia, Ed. – 1985
This book is a compilation of 47 wide-ranging papers presented at the International Conference on Play and Play Environments. The introduction reviews both the historical recognition of the value of play by various philosophers and educators and the historical disregard for childhood that has prevailed through the centuries, particularly in…
Descriptors: Behavior, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Download full textRichardson, James A., Ed.; Hoadley, Michael, Ed. – 1993
This publication, designed to communicate the history and research activities of the Central District of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, presents summaries of 20 papers. The papers focus on elementary physical education specialists; physical education instruction of classroom teachers; child care…
Descriptors: Athletics, Dietetics, Elementary Secondary Education, Exercise
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1978
This conference report briefly summarizes the biological and psychosocial characteristics and problems of the age group 5 to 18 years, and defines solutions to these problems in terms of research needed, changes in health services, changes in general services, and changes in manpower training. The perceived need for such recommendations was based…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Childhood Needs, Conference Reports, Diseases
Golbeck, Susan L.; And Others – 1978
The three papers included in this symposium discuss the relevance of Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development to the early childhood practitioner. First, an overview of Piaget's theory is presented. This focusses on the particular aspects of the theory most relevant to practitioners in early childhood education. Second, curriculum…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Curriculum Development, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education
Kilbey, M. Marlyne, Ed.; Asghar, Khursheed, Ed. – 1991
This monograph presents the proceedings of the first National Institute on Drug Abuse technical review related to the conduct of controlled studies on prenatal exposure to drugs of abuse. Papers in the monograph are categorized by session. The first session (two papers) focused on the detection and quantification of prenatal drug exposure in…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Cocaine, Congenital Impairments
Queensland Board of Teacher Education, Toowong (Australia). – 1984
Teacher educators, teachers, parents, and principals participated in a 1983 seminar in Australia on early adolescents. A literature review on schooling for early adolescents was prepared as background reading for seminar participants. The opening address was given by Professor Colin Power, Flinders University of South Australia, who outlined the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Emotional Development, Foreign Countries
Chiam, Heng Keng, Ed. – 1993
These proceedings report the results of 10 years of ongoing research by the Malaysian Child Development Project to develop and implement measures to study the cognitive, language, and socioemotional development of Malaysian preschool children. Part 1 of the report contains opening speeches delivered by conference organizers and dignitaries. Part 2…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Cognitive Development, Day Care Effects
Greaves, Edward R.; Richmond, Alan – 1982
This publication contains papers, presented at a conference about physical activities for the exceptional individual, concerning: (1) student interest/motivation; (2) swimming; (3) games; (4) wheelchairs; (5) movement education; (6) physical stress and bone growth; (7) parent involvement; (8) meningomyelocele; (9) blind athletes; (10) Project…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Athletics, Cardiovascular System, Elementary Secondary Education
