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Defending Childhood: Keeping the Promise of Early Education. Early Childhood Education Series
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Falk, Beverly, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2012
This book brings together a group of extraordinary educators and scholars who offer important insights about what we can do to defend childhood from societal challenges. The authors explain new findings from neuroscience and psychology, as well as emerging knowledge about the impact on child development of cultural and linguistic diversity,…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, School Culture, Early Childhood Education, Social Sciences
Bridging the Transition from Primary to Secondary School
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Howe, Alan, Ed.; Richards, Val, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
The transition from primary to secondary school can often be a difficult time for children, and managing the transition smoothly has posed a problem for teachers at both upper primary and lower secondary level. At a time when "childhood" recedes and "adulthood" beckons, the inequalities between individual children can widen,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Physical Development, Teaching Methods, Transitional Programs
Critical Thinking about Critical Periods. A Series from the National Center for Early Development and Learning.
Bailey, Donald B., Jr., Ed.; Bruer, John T., Ed.; Symons, Frank J., Ed.; Lichtman, Jeff W., Ed. – 2001
The concept of critical or sensitive periods in child development provides an example around which to organize discussion of what is known and not known about brain development and the implications of brain science on early childhood policy and practice. This book reviews the early history of critical periods and evidence for their existence in…
Descriptors: Brain, Child Development, Early Experience, Early Intervention
The Psychological Development of Low-Birthweight Children. Annual Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology, Volume 6.
Friedman, Sarah L., Ed.; Sigman, Marian D., Ed. – 1992
This book addresses the critical issues, as well as contemporary approaches, used to deal with the developmental, social, intellectual, and coping problems of low-birthweight infants and their families. Following an introduction by I. E. Sigel, the chapters are: (1) "Past, Present, and Future Directions in Research on the Development of…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Behavior, Child Health, Cognitive Development
Developmentally Appropriate Physical Education for Children.
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Graham, George; And Others – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1992
Nine articles discuss persistent physical education practices that are not in the best interest of children, suggesting developmentally appropriate alternatives. Some topics discussed are sequence of instruction in games, developmentally appropriate dance and gymnastics, social-emotional components, and activities with questionable value. (SM)
Descriptors: Child Development, Dance Education, Developmental Stages, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Child Development: Preschool Children.
Chiam, Heng Keng, Ed. – 1991
This book reports some of the results of an extensive study of the physical, cognitive, language, social, and emotional development of Malaysian children. Chapter 1 of the book describes the demographics of the sample. Subjects were 3,099 preschool children in the state of Selangor and the federal district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Data is…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development