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Peer reviewedVedel-Petersen, Jacob – Child Welfare, 1989
Discusses three issues related to day care in Denmark: (1) the tension women experience between work and home; (2) the ability of day care to nurture children; and (3) the monopolization of children's free time through organized activities. (RJC)
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Environment, Day Care, Employed Parents
Download full textPeterson, David W.; Schmidt, Chad; Flottmeyer, Ellen; Weincke, Sarah – 2000
In this paper, educators in a suburban middle school promote the positive educational outcomes from an alternating-day block schedule at their middle school. Comparisons are cited in student achievement and school climate indicators between the block schedule and the eight-period day with shorter classes. The paper cites several advantages of the…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Classroom Environment, Educational Improvement, Instructional Innovation
Direct linkCasey, Amy M.; McWilliam, R. A. – Young Exceptional Children, 2005
The authors describe a zone defense schedule (ZDS), a system for organizing the staff and environment of a preschool classroom. Specifically, it is used to organize the roles of adults in the classroom so that transitions between activities are easier for children and provides greater opportunity for teaching (both during the transition and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Student Participation, Preschool Education, Time Blocks
Tikunoff, William J. – 1983
The Significant Bilingual Instructional Features (SBIF) study identified, described, and verified features of bilingual instruction of a wide variety of limited English proficient (LEP) students. It collected data on instructional organization, time allocation, classroom language use, active teaching behaviors, academic learning time, student…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Fisher, Charles W.; Guthrie, Larry F. – 1983
The Significant Bilingual Instructional Features (SBIF) study identified, described, and verified features of bilingual instruction of a wide variety of limited English proficient students. It collected data on instructional organization, time allocation, classroom language use, active teaching behaviors, academic learning time, student…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs
Tikunoff, William J. – 1983
The Significant Bilingual Instructional Features (SBIF) descriptive study identified, described, and verified important features of bilingual education for instuction of limited English proficient students. Part I involved the study of 58 classrooms and 232 students, grade K-12, at six diverse sites representing a variety of ethnolinguistic…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Communication
