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Community Learning Circles: Promoting Positive Development for Early Primary Children in Bangladesh
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Hyson, Marilou; Hossain, Kamal; Chowdhury, Didarul Anam – Young Children, 2010
One of the poorest and most densely populated countries in the world, Bangladesh has faced many challenges during its almost 40-year history as an independent nation. Yet the country has recently made substantial progress in improving young children's survival and protection. It now provides health care, nutrition, immunization, and education…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education
Compentency-Based Early Childhood Teacher Education: Beginning at the Beginning
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Stewart, Ida Santos; And Others – Young Children, 1976
Defines the competency-based approach to teacher education and describes the development of an early childhood program at the University of Houston. (ED)
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Program Descriptions, Program Design
Journey in Time: A Foster Grandparent Program.
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Mitchell, Ardelia; Schachel, Crystal – Young Children, 1979
Describes a program in which nursing home residents make biweekly visits to a near-by day care center, and day care children, on alternate weeks visit the nursing home. (CM)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Programs, Early Childhood Education, Older Adults
Family Day Care Training: A Home-Based Model.
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Kilmer, Sally – Young Children, 1979
Describes an approach used in Ramsey County, Minnesota to improve quality of family day care. (CM)
Descriptors: Family Day Care, Family School Relationship, Inservice Education, Models
Young Teens Help Young Children for the Benefit of Both.
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Schine, Joan; Campbell, Patricia – Young Children, 1989
Describes the development of the Early Adolescent/Child Care Helper Program, which is designed to meet the needs of both young adolescents and preschool children. (BB)
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Helping Relationship, Junior High School Students
Back to the Basics: More Loving, Tender Care for Young Children.
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Nimnicht, Glen – Young Children, 1981
Describes a program in Colombia to enhance learning of lower class children by emphasizing acceptance, risk taking, and problem solving in a supportive environment. Parental involvement is stressed. The back-to-the-basics movement is discussed as an educational strategy antithetical to the author's philosophy. (DB)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Philosophy
Intergenerational Literacy: A Developmental, Bilingual Approach.
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Quintero, Elizabeth; Velarde, M. Christina – Young Children, 1990
Describes the development and implementation of EL Paso Community College's model Intergenerational Literacy Project, which brings Spanish-speaking parents and their children together in the classroom in an effort to improve the two groups' literacy skills in English and Spanish. (BB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, English Instruction
Teachers and Science.
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Perry, Gail; Rivkin, Mary – Young Children, 1992
Offers two perspectives on starting science programs for children and teachers. The first perspective concerns the development of a science camp for young children. The second describes ways in which teachers bring about conceptual changes in the science education curriculum. Essential requirements for becoming science teachers are considered. (BB)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Early Childhood Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education